The Trump administration has returned Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States more than two months after the Maryland father was wrongfully sent to a maximum-security mega-prison in El Salvador. But instead of reuniting with his family, Kilmar was brought to a courtroom in Tennessee. On Friday, Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed a grand jury had indicted him for allegedly transporting undocumented migrants within the U.S.
Abrego Garcia’s attorney criticized the government’s move. Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg said, “Due process means the chance to defend yourself before you’re punished, not after. This is an abuse of power, not justice.”
The chief of the criminal division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville resigned in protest over the indictment. Ben Schrader had worked at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for 15 years.