President Donald Trump’s niece, Dr. Mary Trump, Ph.D., wrote Friday that she fears her uncle’s retribution could be coming her next.
She began by noting her uncle is “openly defying the courts and essentially rendering the rule of law inoperative.”
She was referencing Trump’s recent exchange in the Oval Office with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador over Kilmar Ábrego García, a Maryland man whom the government acknowledged in court was wrongfully deported.
In that Oval Office gathering, Trump claimed that he had “won” a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling 9-0. The High Court actually ruled that the administration must facilitate the return of García.
“It was a 9-0 ruling, yes, but it was not in favor of the Trump regime’s unconstitutional behavior; it was in favor of the plaintiff who was illegally detained and deported and is currently incarcerated in an El Salvador prison notorious for its inhumane conditions and human rights abuses,” wrote Dr. Trump.
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“Contrary to [Trump aide] Stephen Miller’s fantastical retelling, the Supreme Court made it clear that the Trump regime needs to ‘facilitate’ the return of a U.S. resident who has lived here legally since 2011. And yet, the Trump regime continues to deny the plaintiff his habeas rights,” she said.
She called the administration’s actions an “egregious upending of the Constitutional order” from a coequal branch of government, the judiciary, that is supposed to serve as a check for the other branches. Under Trump, however, she said that it has changed, and it means anyone could be next.
“And that’s the thing, if you are accused of a crime in the United States of America, whether or not you are a citizen, whether or not you are here legally, if it turns out you committed a crime in the United States of America, you are entitled to your habeas rights; you are entitled to due process; you are entitled to be represented in a court of law to face the charges against you,” wrote Dr. Trump.
She added that nothing García could have done would remove his right to due process under the law.
“If they can turn a Maryland resident, husband, and father who lives here legally and has no criminal record and no credible connections to a gang into a terrorist and then deny him his habeas rights, they can do this to anybody,” she closed.
“Including you. And including me.”
source https://www.rawstory.com/kilmar-abrego-garcia-2671800691/