Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorneys accuse the DOJ of 'vindictive and selective prosecution,' move to dismiss criminal case.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia filed a motion to dismiss the criminal case filed against him arguing that it constituted selective and vindictive prosecution, specifically arguing that the three-year gap between his traffic stop and the charges being filed against him was "suspicious timing" and evidence of the government's retaliatory intent.

Abrego Garcia, who was protected from removal to his native El Salvador in 2019 by an immigration judge, was nonetheless sent to a notorious megaprison in the country in a move a Justice Department attorney said was due to an administrative error. The department later fired the attorney who made the admission.