Kilmar Abrego Garcia lawyers ask court to silence Trump admin after Kristi Noem called him a 'monster' [View all]
Source: NBC News
July 23, 2025, 9:28 AM EDT
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s attorneys have asked a federal judge in Tennessee to order the Trump administration to stop making statements about his case after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem publicly called him a "horrible human being" who should "never be released."
Abrego, a Maryland resident, was erroneously deported in March to El Salvador, and his case became a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, sparking concerns over a lack of due process. He’s now being held in Nashville, Tennessee, on human smuggling charges.
In a filing Tuesday, Abrego’s attorneys asked U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, who is overseeing the human smuggling case, to ensure the government complies with the court’s rules regarding extrajudicial statements to ensure Abrego is afforded a fair trial.
On July 18, Noem held a press conference in Nashville announcing recent arrests of "criminal illegal aliens," where she made comments about Abrego’s case.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-lawyers-ask-court-silence-trump-admin-kristi-noem-rcna220457
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