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Good morning. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is expected to enter a plea in the criminal case accusing him of trafficking undocumented migrants across the U.S. The Trump administration and Nippon Steel will update the D.C. Circuit on talks to buy U.S. Steel. Plus, after a federal judge temporarily stopped President Trump from deploying the National Guard in LA, the 9th Circuit paused the order. And the DOJ directed prosecutors to prioritize cases against protesters opposing Trump's immigration raids who damage property or assault law enforcement and to publicize each prosecution. It's finally Friday! Let's dig in! |
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a migrant wrongfully deported to El Salvador and returned to the U.S. last week, is set to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes in Nashville, Tennessee, at 10 a.m. CT today to enter a plea in a case charging him with conspiring to smuggle undocumented migrants into the country. Here's what you need to know: |
- The criminal proceeding will give Abrego Garcia the right to contest the charges contained in a grand jury indictment returned in secret on May 21.
- His lawyers on Wednesday said their client should be set free while the DOJ pursues new criminal charges against him. They argue his return to face charges doesn't absolve the Trump administration of wrongful deportation and have asked a judge to sanction the government for failing to detail efforts to comply with court orders to facilitate his return to the U.S. Read the court filing.
- If convicted, Abrego Garcia could face prison time for each migrant he allegedly smuggled. Read more about this case.
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- The Trump administration and Nippon Steel are due to update the D.C. Circuit about negotiations that could allow the Japanese firm to buy U.S. Steel. Nippon and the government had asked the court to pause a legal proceeding until today.
- Major U.S. universities will urge U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston to block the Trump administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal research funding provided to academic institutions by the National Science Foundation.
- Diddy sex trafficking trial continues in New York.
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Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes. |
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"There should be no bottleneck of referrals for complaints and legal process."
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—Associate Deputy Attorney General Aakash Singh, writing in an email sent to all 93 U.S. Attorneys ordering them to prioritize criminal prosecution of protesters against Trump's immigration raids who destroy property or assault law enforcement, and to make sure every case they bring gets publicized. Read more. |
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- The U.S. Supreme Court bolstered protections for students with disabilities, ruling in favor of a severely epileptic girl in her disability discrimination lawsuit against a Minnesota public school district.
- Justice Curtis Farber declared a mistrial on a rape charge in Harvey Weinstein's criminal case after the jury foreperson refused to continue deliberation.
- Two police officers on duty during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot sued federal officials, alleging the government refused to install a federally mandated memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol. Read the complaint.
- A federal magistrate judge in Boston released on bail Russian-born Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova, who was detained by U.S. immigration authorities in February, while she awaits trial on a criminal charge of smuggling frog embryos into the country.
- The Federal Circuit sided with PNC Bank and overturned a $218 million verdict won by financial services provider USAA in a patent dispute over mobile check-deposit technology.
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