Trump’s Justice Department is pushing a federal appeals court to reinstate criminal charges against Kilmar Ábrego García, the Maryland father who was wrongfully sent to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT mega-prison last year and months later returned to the United States. In May, U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw dismissed human smuggling charges brought by Trump officials against Ábrego García whose case quickly became a symbol of Trump’s mass deportation campaign. At the time, Judge Crenshaw said Ábrego García’s prosecution was “vindictive in nature.” The Justice Department, under the leadership of newly confirmed U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, is now appealing that ruling.