"In a statement to CBS News, Abrego Garcia's defense team called the Justice Department's news release "flat wrong," saying that "the indictment and prosecution of Abrego Garcia was, in fact, vindictive; the evidence before the district court established just that; and the proof was clear notwithstanding the DOJ's refusal to call the actual decision makers, including AG [Todd] Blanche, to testify under oath."
"This case was initiated vindictively and on instructions from the White House after our client successfully won his
," his defense team added."
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