Abrego Garcia Beats Trump's DOJ in Court AGAIN! - Glenn Kirschner

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Venezuelan immigrant Abrego Garcia just whooped Donald Trump's DOJ in court again. As the Guardian reported, "ICE cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, judge rules.

Abrego Garcia has beaten the Trump administration at every turn. Recall, Abrego Garcia was, in a very real sense, kidnapped by the Trump administration, stuffed onto a plane with other Venezuelan immigrants in violation of their constitutional due process rights, flown to El Salvador and put in a prison, though most of them had committed no crimes.

But Abrego Garcia didn't just lay out and take it, he fought, and he fought, and he fought, and he won at every tern. And now that he has largely won his immigration case, he and his lawyers are turning their attention to his criminal case in Tennessee.

Apparently upset that Abrego Garcia was fight against the Trump administration in his immigration case, they indicted him in a trumped-up criminal case in Tennessee.

In the coming days there will be a hearing in Abrego Garcia's criminal case in Tennessee, and the judge will decide if his case should be dismissed because the Trump administration is vindictively prosecuting him.

I just sat down with Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News to talk about both Abrego Garcia's new victory in his immigration case as well as his upcoming vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss in his criminal case. - Glenn Kirschner - 02/18/2026.


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1. Trump could soon suffer stinging court loss as major case on 'life support': expert

The charges against Abrego Garcia are on life support

President Donald Trump could soon suffer another stinging court loss as a major case his administration is pursuing is on "life support," according to one expert.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-02-18T11:40:08Z

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President Donald Trump could soon suffer another stinging court loss as a major case his administration is pursuing is on "life support," according to one expert.

For almost a year, the Trump administration has tried to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland resident with temporary protected status, on charges of human trafficking. The Trump administration "mistakenly" deported Abrego Garcia in May to El Salvador, where he spent several weeks in the infamous CECOT prison. Abrego Garcia was returned to the U.S. after spending about seven months abroad, and the Trump administration has since moved to prosecute him again in Tennessee.

Michael Popok, a lawyer and host of the "Legal AF" podcast, discussed the latest developments in the case on Tuesday. He argued that the case is on "life support" and could soon be dismissed by District Judge Waverly Crenshaw in Tennessee.

"Every time the government loses, it gives Garcia's lawyers the opportunity to try to leverage and negotiate a better resolution," Popok said.

Crenshaw previously ruled in October that Abrego Garcia's lawyers established a "reasonable likelihood" that the Trump administration's criminal prosecution against him was vindictive.

Popok said it is likely that Crenshaw will toss the case out once it returns to his courtroom later this month.

"Every court that's ever looked at Garcia has said he's not a member of a gang," Popok said, referring to the Trump administration's claim that Abrego Garcia is a member of the infamous MS-13 street gang.

"He was not a narco terrorist. The people who testified against him were all corrupt themselves, trying to cut deals with the government, and couldn't be trusted," he continued.