Fired DOJ Lawyer Complained Judge Would Dislike Trump Admin Legal Strategy on Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Judge Paula Xinis

New communications revealed on Friday show that Erez Reuveni, the former attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) who was fired for failing to strongly represent the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the lawsuit over its decision to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, expressed concern about upsetting the judge overseeing the case when informed of the Trump administration’s legal strategy.

The New York Times reported on Friday that Reuveni privately disagreed with the DHS legal strategy in the Abrego Garcia case, as the DHS and Trump administration sought for the citizen of El Salvador to remain incarcerated in his homeland, where DHS deemed the man accused of being a gang member, domestic abuser, and human trafficker belonged.

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Arrest of Illegal Immigrants for ‘Corpse Rape, Shooting Spree’ Shows Need for Tennessee’s Anti-Sanctuary City Law, Says State Sen. Brent Taylor

Enoc Martinez

State Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) on Friday said the recent arrests of illegal immigrants for “corpse rape” and “shooting spree” charges illustrates why Tennessee lawmakers passed legislation earlier this year which makes it felony offense for public officials to establish sanctuary cities.

Taylor made the statement while sharing a May 1 press release by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which announced the arrests of illegal immigrants Felix Rojas in New York and Enoc Martinez in Shelby County, Tennessee.

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Judge Rules Against AZ AG Kris Mayes Again in Prosecution of Trump Electors, Finds She Violated Their Rights and Orders Grand Jury Redo

Arizona A.G. Kris Mayes

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers ruled last week that prosecutors for Attorney General Kris Mayes left out key information when they presented their case against the alternate electoral slate for Trump and several others associated with the electors, which “denied a substantial procedural right as guaranteed by Arizona law.” Myers previously ruled in February that there were enough grounds in the defendants’ motions to likely dismiss the prosecutions due to violating the First Amendment.

The defendants have maintained that the prosecution was politically motivated. Former Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward, one of the defendants, posted her support for the decision on X. “She & her team are trying to get the judge to STAY the decision (ie: hold it indefinitely) … so they can go around the law they are required to follow (rule 12.9 of criminal procedure) and they have the GALL to claim that the defendants (us) are not being harmed by this. WE HAVE BEEN HARMED EVERY DAY SINCE THIS BEGAN.”

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