HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice's prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges may be an illegal retaliation after he successfully sued the Trump administration over his deportation to El Salvador.

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A federal judge has concluded that the Department of Justice's prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges could amount to illegal retaliation

U.S. District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw late Friday granted a request by lawyers for Abrego Garcia and ordered discovery and a hearing in Abrego Garcia's human smuggling case in Tennessee

Abrego Garcia's lawyers say the federal prosecution of Abrego Garcia is illegal retaliation because he successfully sued the Trump administration over his d

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