'Proof is in the pudding': Trump DOJ tells court it will seek dismissal of Abrego Garcia case

The Trump administration on Tuesday said it plans to seek the dismissal of a civil case ordering them to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the U.S., arguing in a new court filing that the case is now "moot," given that he is now back in U.S. custody.

In the filing, lawyers for the Trump administration told U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis that they plan to submit an official motion to dismiss the case on "mootness grounds" by June 16. 

Justice Department officials said they have "done exactly what plaintiffs asked for and what this court ordered them to do" – that is, to return Abrego Garcia to the U.S. from El Salvador, where he was deported under the Alien Enemies Act in March in what Trump officials acknowledged was an administrative error.

But the filing is likely to do little to quell the mounting legal fight surrounding Abrego Garcia's detention and efforts t...