BREAKING: Trump Admin Invokes State Secrets Privilege to Block Attempt to Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to US – Judge Xinis Responds

The Trump Administration on Wednesday invoked the state secrets privilege to block the attempt to return MS-13 gang member and wife beater Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the Unites States. The Trump DOJ invoked the State Secrets Privilege in response to a federal judge’s order demanding details on Abrego Garcia’s incarceration at El Salvador’s CECOT prison. US District Judge Paula Xinis, an Obama appointee, responded to the Trump Administration’s invocation of the state secrets privilege and ordered a formal briefing. Both parties must submit briefs by Monday. “The Court requires formal briefing of the Defendants’ invocations of privilege, principally the state...