If there were one thing to tip the scales in terms of proving to all of America that Trump and his administration are evil it would be this. Not only that, this should be paraded in front of anyone in Congress who would consider voting for the Big Ugly Bill. I quote from the Seattle Times:
Witness: Court records show the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in exchange for his cooperation in the case.
“Witness: Court records show the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in exchange for his cooperation in the case.
“Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes, 38, convicted of smuggling migrants and illegally reentering the United States, also pleaded guilty to “deadly conduct” in connection with a separate incident where he drunkenly fired a gun in a Texas community. He has been released early from federal prison to a halfway house and has been given permission to stay in the U.S. for at least a year. Abrego Garcia became a flashpoint over President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration policies when he was mistakenly deported to his native El Salvador in March.”
The questions that remain are important to consider:
This guy will be able to stay in our country, presumably to testify, for a year. He’s a poster boy for the type of “criminals” to which Trump points out when decrying the immigration system, the type of person he wants to deport. Will someone be keeping track of him?
If there were a court case, tried before a jury, how much credibility would this guy have with jurors? I’d guess he could be easily impeached by an aggressive defense attorney. It’s sadly laughable.
When this guy appears before a judge, I wonder what that jurist would have to say about the witness let alone the case itself?
Is there any hard evidence to prove their case against Abrego Garcia?
Flummoxed is the best word to describe how any rational person feels about this story.
As a personal note, I’m distressed about the news of the day, every day, coming to my inbox and all pretty much saying the same thing. The problem is, of course, who is reading all of this stuff? Who is reading my outpouring today? I haven’t seen this story anywhere else. But shouldn’t it be in the biggest headlines possible: “Trump Administration releases hardened criminal to testify against Abrego Garcia”.
I repeat: WTF?.