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Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Say U.S. Officials Tried to Use Uganda Deportation Threat to ‘Coerce’ Guilty Plea

23 août 2025 à 12:23
Officials dangled an offer to send Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica if he pleaded guilty to criminal charges, the lawyers said in a filing, then threatened to send him to Uganda if he did not.

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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, at right, after being released from custody in Tennessee on Friday. He has rejoined his family in Maryland.

In Trump’s Second Term, Far-Right Agenda Enters the Mainstream

23 août 2025 à 05:00
President Trump has embraced an array of far-right views and talking points in ways that have delighted many right-wing activists who have long supported those ideas.

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Hundreds, including Enrique Tarrio, at a Proud Boys rally in Portland, Ore., in 2020. Mr. Tarrio and his compatriots have generally given up on such set-piece demonstrations. “Honestly, what do we have to complain about these days?” he said.
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5 Takeaways From Ghislaine Maxwell’s Interview About Jeffrey Epstein

In a courthouse interview with the deputy attorney general, Ms. Maxwell, who has been convicted of sex trafficking, maintained that President Trump and other famous figures were not involved.

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Ghislaine Maxwell, with Jeffrey Epstein in an image used as evidence at her trial. The Justice Department and the F.B.I. had concluded in July that there was no specific “client list” for Mr. Epstein’s trafficking ring.

Justice Department Releases Ghislaine Maxwell Interview Transcripts

The transcripts and audio, covering two days of discussions between Ms. Maxwell and Todd Blanche, the Justice Department’s No. 2, are likely to raise as many questions as they answer.

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Ghislaine Maxwell disputed the official narrative on only one point — the government’s finding that Jeffrey Epstein’s jailhouse death by hanging in 2019 was self-inflicted.

Abrego Garcia, Free From Tennessee Jail, Is Returning to Maryland, Lawyer Says

22 août 2025 à 21:28
Shortly after, the Trump administration informed his lawyers that it might re-deport Mr. Abrego Garcia to Uganda within three business days, people familiar with the matter said.

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Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, a lawyer for Mr. Abrego Garcia, speaking outside the U.S. District Court for Maryland last month.
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Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Accuse Trump Administration of Vindictive Prosecution

19 août 2025 à 18:10
It was the second time that Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers have sought to hold the Trump administration accountable over its handling of his expulsion to El Salvador and its aftermath.

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Lawyers for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia leaving court in Nashville last month after a hearing.

In Pursuing Trump Rival, Weaponization Czar Sidesteps Justice Dept. Norms

Edward R. Martin Jr.’s conduct is part of a pattern in which top administration officials try to use the vast powers of the government to cast the specter of criminality on President Trump’s enemies.

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Edward R. Martin Jr. has said that if he is unable to successfully obtain indictments against the targets of his inquiries, he will name and shame them.

Judge Appears Skeptical of Lawsuit Against Federal Bench in Maryland

13 août 2025 à 13:58
The spectacle of the White House suing an entire district court in the name of the United States of America underscored just how rancorous relations between the two branches had become.

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Judge Thomas T. Cullen, who normally sits in Roanoke, Va., is presiding over the case because all 15 federal judges in Maryland were named as defendants.

Under Pressure by Trump, Mexico Sends 26 Accused Cartel Operatives to U.S.

12 août 2025 à 17:58
The transfer follows news that President Trump ordered the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels.

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White powder, purportedly finished fentanyl, at a Sinaloa Cartel fentanyl lab in Culiacán, Mexico, last year. The Mexican government has launched an aggressive crackdown against the cartel.

Officials Move to Open Inquiry on Trump’s ‘Russia Hoax’ Grievance

Such an investigation would have to overcome a number of legal and practical hurdles, but an order by Attorney General Pam Bondi asking for a grand jury inquiry in Florida accomplishes political objectives.

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The decision by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the “Russia Hoax” comes at a time of increasing pressure on the Trump administration to produce more information about the F.B.I.’s files on Jeffrey Epstein.

Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders

4 août 2025 à 20:46
Legal experts say the actions causing concern from the bench could have a more systemic effect, eroding the healthy functioning of the courts.

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Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui recently pushed back against Justice Department prosecutors for trying to convince him that he needed to be “highly deferential” to their request to keep a search warrant sealed.
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