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Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Ábrego García case (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 8 points 2 months ago

And yet, from last week's episode, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/30/trump-kilmar-abrego-garcia-nayib-bukele

The discussions appeared to be an effort by the Trump administration to window dress the underlying legal case and build a paper trail it could reference

It's going so badly that even after building a fake paper trail they still need to invoke the state secrets privilege...

[–] HorreC@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Dont they have to prove that to the judge on the case? I thought the USA law accounted for this kinda thing, but I could be way off as I am not super versed in their laws on state secrets law.