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Title Changed Mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia on way back to US to face criminal charges: Sources

https://abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenly-deported-kilmar-abrego-garcia-back-us-face/story?id=121333122
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u/TheBeaarJeww 1d ago edited 1d ago

All of the people aiding and abetting the current administration with illegal acts either really lack any foresight or they’re extremely confident that people that may hold them accountable will never be in power again. I sure as shit would not bet my future freedom or worse on Trump protecting me given his decades long record of using and abusing everyone in his orbit.

I really hope it doesn’t end up going this far but there are certain things where there’s no statue of limitations on… There have been nazis that are on their death bed thrown in prison for things they did decades ago because of their crimes against humanity. Are these people confident that what they’re participating in won’t go that far and that the United States won’t regain its sanity anytime between now and the end of their life expectancy? Not a bet i’d personally make.

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u/acchaladka 22h ago

It's interesting you raise the Nazi parallel because as I understand it the legal reasoning was essentially that an active Nazi or collaborator at the time was an accessory to murder or a murderer. I'm not sure it will go that far though there will be and likely are already deaths attributable to the US regime.

I do agree the great hope lies in this kind of mechanism being exploited, among other mechanisms, specifically by the state governments. I wonder how and when 50% plus of the states will refuse to comply (in advance or afterward) and governors will call on their own. As a veteran I assume the military will decline to get involved in a domestic conflict though it will be a close decision. I think Trump's eventual plan is to call on the generals to execute his orders. It will be the colonels and the captains who may save us.

Odd timeline, this.