2026年5月22日 美国东部时间下午3:28 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：霍尔姆斯·莱布兰德
2026年5月22日美国东部时间下午3:53 更新
发布于2026年5月22日美国东部时间下午3:28
2025年12月12日，在宾夕法尼亚州刑事羁押获释的第二天，基尔马尔·阿布雷戈——这位因被错误驱逐回萨尔瓦多而成为美国总统唐纳德·特朗普强硬移民政策象征的移民——在马里兰州巴尔的摩市的移民海关执法局巴尔的摩分局办理报到手续后走向汽车。
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内容摘要
- 田纳西州一名联邦法官驳回了对基尔马尔·阿布雷戈·加西亚的刑事指控，理由是调查存在瑕疵。
- 法官的意见书中援引了托德·布兰奇在福克斯新闻频道就重启调查发表的公开声明。
- 法官写道，提交给法庭的证据显示行政部门滥用了公诉权。
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田纳西州一名联邦法官驳回了对基尔马尔·阿布雷戈·加西亚的刑事指控。这名男子在去年被特朗普政府驱逐回萨尔瓦多，尽管当时有法官下令禁止将其遣返该国。法官在裁决中援引了现任代理司法部长托德·布兰奇煽动的“受污染的调查”。
阿布雷戈·加西亚去年被送回美国后，立即被指控两项罪名，罪名是他在2022年涉嫌运送非法移民。他的律师为这些指控进行辩护，称应当驳回指控，因为由于政府在驱逐阿布雷戈·加西亚一事上的公开失误，这些指控具有选择性和报复性。
“本案的客观证据表明，如果没有阿布雷戈成功提起诉讼挑战将其遣返萨尔瓦多的决定，政府本不会提起这项公诉，”韦弗利·克伦肖法官在周五驳回指控的裁决书中写道。
法官补充道，针对2022年那次交通拦截的调查已经结案，“直到阿布雷戈成功维护了自己的权利，行政部门才重启了该项调查。”
“提交给本法庭的证据可悲地显示出行政部门滥用了公诉权，”克伦肖写道。
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/22/politics/judge-dismisses-charges-against-kilmar-abrego-garcia
托德·布兰奇的角色
法官认定导致起诉的“受污染的调查”中，时任副司法部长的布兰奇所扮演的角色是关键一环。
在官方宣布阿布雷戈·加西亚返回美国的同一天，布兰奇在福克斯新闻频道表示，在一名联邦法官认定今年早些时候对阿布雷戈的驱逐存在不当行为后，司法部开始对他展开调查。
阿布雷戈·加西亚的律师曾试图让布兰奇在本案的证据听证会上作证，但未获成功，转而依靠布兰奇的公开言论来证明司法部提起诉讼只是因为政府的失策。
“布兰奇的言论直接证实，行政部门之所以重启刑事调查，是因为司法部门要求行政部门协助将阿布雷戈从萨尔瓦多接回美国，”法官在周五驳回指控的裁决书中写道。
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Judge dismisses charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying Todd Blanche spurred a ‘tainted investigation’
2026-05-22 3:28 PM ET / CNN
By Holmes Lybrand
Updated May 22, 2026, 3:53 PM ET
PUBLISHED May 22, 2026, 3:28 PM ET
Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration policies, walks to the car, after appearing for a check-in at the ICE Baltimore field office, a day after his release from criminal custody in Pennsylvania, in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 12, 2025.
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Summary
- A federal judge in Tennessee dismissed criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, citing a tainted investigation.
- The judge’s opinion cited public statements Todd Blanche made on Fox News about reopening the investigation.
- The judge wrote that the evidence before the court reflected an abuse of prosecuting power by the Executive Branch.
AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.
The criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the man the Trump administration deported to El Salvador last year despite a judge’s order barring his removal to the country – have been dismissed by a federal judge in Tennessee, who cited a “tainted investigation” by now-acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
When he was transported back to the US last year, Abrego Garcia was immediately charged with two counts over allegedly transporting unlawful migrants in 2022. His attorneys fought the charges, saying they should be dismissed because they were selective and vindictive because of the administration’s public missteps in deporting Abrego Garcia.
“The objective evidence here shows that, absent Abrego’s successful lawsuit challenging his removal to El Salvador, the Government would not have brought this prosecution,” Judge Waverly Crenshaw wrote in his opinion dismissing the counts Friday.
The judge added that the investigation into the 2022 traffic stop was closed, and “only after Abrego succeeded in vindicating his rights did the Executive Branch reopen that investigation.”
“The evidence before this Court sadly reflects an abuse of prosecuting power,” Crenshaw wrote.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/22/politics/judge-dismisses-charges-against-kilmar-abrego-garcia
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Role of Todd Blanche
A key aspect was the role that then-Deputy Attorney General Blanche played in what the judge says was the “tainted investigation” that led to the indictment.
After officials announced Abrego Garcia’s return to the US, Blanche said on Fox News the same day that the DOJ began looking into him after a federal judge determined he was improperly deported earlier in the year.
Attorneys for Abrego Garcia fought unsuccessfully to have Blanche testify in an evidentiary hearing for the case, relying instead on public comments Blanche had made to show the Justice Department only brought the case because of the administration’s mishap.
“Blanche’s words directly confirm that the Executive Branch reopened the criminal investigation because the Judicial Branch required the Executive Branch to facilitate Abrego’s return from El Salvador,” the judge wrote in his opinion dismissing the charges Friday.
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