Overview

• Judge Paula Xinis denied the Trump administration’s motion to dismiss Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s civil suit and scheduled a hearing on his potential second deportation.
• Senate Judiciary Democrats published texts and emails from whistleblower Erez Reuveni in which Emil Bove and other senior DOJ officials discussed telling courts “f--- you” to carry out planned removals.
• The internal communications reveal that Justice Department leaders debated ignoring judicial mandates while enforcing deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.
• Abrego Garcia remains in U.S. Marshals custody in Tennessee, where he faces a federal MS-13 conspiracy indictment to which he has pleaded not guilty.
• Xinis has demanded sworn testimony from Homeland Security and ICE officials on the legal bases and timing for detaining and removing Abrego Garcia if he is released.