Liz Jordan
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Clinician and immigration lawyer/prof. Views my own.
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Greg Bovino strikes again.
![On October 27, 2025, in response to repeated public statements on the part of the
government that violated Local Rule 2.01 and threatened Mr. Abrego’s right to a fair trial, this
Court issued an Order (“October 27 Order” or the “Order”) prohibiting “[e]mployees of DOJ and
DHS” from making any public extrajudicial statements that “have a substantial likelihood of
materially prejudicing [this proceeding], including especially that will interfere with a fair trial.”
(Dkt 183 at 2-3 (quoting L. Crim. R. 2.01(a)(1))). The Court instructed counsel for the government
to transmit the October 27 Order to DOJ and DHS employees and warned that employees who fail
to comply with the Order “may be subject to sanctions.” (Id. at 1, 3).
On December 12 and 14, after Mr. Abrego was ordered released from DHS custody, and
in flagrant violation of this Court’s Order, Chief Border Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino—a senior
DHS officer—appeared on national news to call Mr. Abrego an “alien smuggler,” a “wife beater,”
and an “MS-13 gang member,” to attack the judges presiding over Mr. Abrego’s civil and criminal
cases as “activist” and “extremist,” and to promise that Mr. Abrego would be taken “out of
circulation” and deported. When defense counsel raised these statements with counsel for the
government, requesting a retraction, the government simply ignored defense counsel’s request—
meaning, the government did not even deign to respond to defense counsel’s email raising the
concern. Perhaps that is because there is no defense of Mr. Bovino’s conduct: Mr. Bovino’s
statements clearly violate this Court’s October 27 Order. The government’s failure even to
acknowledge the issue raises serious questions about its willingness to comply with that Order
moving forward.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qqdqgzpqwyho4cxzso62m54q/bafkreigbeo7l443fjeg3fwmflgwp6wlkva7uxgbusdcolr3xs4vilztrtu@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Greg Bovino strikes again.
Reposted by Liz Jordan
For Trump and Miller, the Abrego Garcia case was a crucial gauge of how far they could get in disappearing undesirables and placing them beyond the law entirely.
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
For Trump and Miller, the Abrego Garcia case was a crucial gauge of how far they could get in disappearing undesirables and placing them beyond the law entirely.
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Judge Xinis' ruling is important in that context. It calls out Trump's lawless conduct throughout. 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2043...