In court documents opposing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's "extraordinary and intrusive" discovery demand ahead of an evidentiary hearing on his vindictive prosecution claims , the DOJ warned a federal judge that it would be "highly damaging" to sign off on the wrongly deported man's "open-ended fishing expedition" — let alone forcing Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to testify.

The Wednesday filing submitted by Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Robert McGuire revealed in a footnote that Abrego Garcia has subpoenaed Blanche, President Donald Trump's former criminal defense attorney and the No. 2 official at the DOJ, after U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, a Barack Obama appointee, found weeks ago that there was a "realistic likelihood of vindictiveness" behind fede

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