In Nashville, a federal judge dismisses indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

By: Cassandra Stephenson

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: May 22, 2026

Words: 592

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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NASHVILLE — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a criminal indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 30-year-old man living in Maryland who was wrongly deported to El Salvador last year, calling the prosecution “vindictive and selective.”

“Then-Attorney General Robert H. Jackson warned his fellow prosecutors long ago of the danger of picking the person first and the crime second … That is the situation here,” U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw, who was appointed by …

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