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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

a messaging triumph for the Trump administration.

If the message is "see, he's accused of multiple crimes" then I hope the American people will be smart enough to recognize that the appropriate response is trial in a court of law, not kidnapping and human trafficking to overseas concentration camps. And if you think this guy has no right to a trial because he seems the guilty sort, someone could say the same about you tomorrow and you'd get no trial to dispute their accusations.

It's disappointing to see the media characterizing this as a victory for Trump's people. Whether he's guilty or not their actions were indefensible.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Also, it should be really obvious that this is all manufactured bullshit after the fact. Like, if nothing else they have to explain when they discovered this stuff that they're claiming and why they never brought it up during one of his immigration hearings before they abducted him away to El Salvador, but way too many media organizations just take what the government says at face value no matter who the president is.

e; fucks sake, this is excruciatingly bad media

the allegations against Abrego Garcia are damning.

Huh, normally proof of something gets called "damning," but here unproven allegations can do the same for some reason. Neat!

A federal grand jury found that the 29-year-old was an MS-13 member

The prosecutor just kept repeating that this was true until the jury accepted it

who transported thousands of undocumented immigrants, including children, from Texas to states across the country for profit for nine years.

So how wasn't he apprehended at the border if he was doing this? Oh, he was just giving rides to people who were already in the United States?

Well, where's the charge for kidnapping? Sex trafficking? Was anyone transported against their will?

Or are we just talking about a guy who got paid under the table working for an unlicensed taxi service who didn't ask his passengers too many questions? Because that barely feels like a crime at all, but just reading this article on a surface level you'd think Garcia was like Boris in season 2 of the Wire or something

He allegedly also transported firearms and drugs,

Where's the charge for drug possession? Firearms trafficking? There isn't one because this is just a prosecutor saying "y'know, if he gave rides to that many Mexicans there had to be some drugs and guns in there somewhere" without any evidence, isn't it?

abused female migrants

Where charge etc.

and was linked to an incident

What does this even mean

in Mexico where a tractor-trailer overturned and killed 50 migrants.

"He knew someone who was in a car crash, will this reign of terror never cease."

e; further reading on this says a) they have basically no direct evidence of anything, just two co-conspirator witnesses they're getting testimony out of in exchange for favorable plea deals to their own troubles, b) the prosecutor who had been in charge resigned shortly before these charges were announced

https://lemmy.world/post/31075797

This case stinks and it isn't even a little hard to see

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

Trump is convinced of 34 felonies, when is he getting deported? Our president is a bigger criminal.

[–] Sirdubdee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

School shooters and mass casualty bombers get trials. Young immigrant going 5mph over the speed limit? Straight to the camps.

[–] brendansimms@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

It’s projection. ICE extrajudicially kidnapped and traifficked Kilmar under the orders of Pam and the rapist. Justice would be arresting and indicting Pam and the rapist and de-ICEing

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And the allegations against Abrego Garcia are damning.

The ALLEGATIONS are damning.

Jesus fuck NBC what the actual fuck did you shove up your ass to concoct that brilliant bon mot? Now I gotta go look up the so-called journalist.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this the journalist that tortures puppies, allegedly?

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Damming allegations against NBC journalist revealed on lemmy! /j

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So on his “other stories” page we see he’s the guy who wrote the “Epstein’s suicide is on video” story (it is not on video) and a bunch of others that make me think he’s a poorly disguised hatchet man for the trump junta.

Edit: on further review he appears to be very centrist. Which, isn’t good, but his career is interesting.

Allegations are damning though. Shit.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago

A former senior law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing fear of retaliation, said he was struck by the large amount of resources the DOJ put into investigating Abrego Garcia.

"They came hard at a relatively low level guy, which does not necessarily make it improper — just odd. Perhaps they wanted the last word, which seems childish," said the former official. "Typically, you work up the chain; not down it. That said, at least he gets his due process rights this time around."

Seems to me that the DOJ is obeying Trump, and he only wants to be 'proven' right ... even when he's lying through his teeth.