NBC Omits Judge Who Dismissed Charges Against Garcia Was a Democratic Donor
Alex Christy
May 23rd, 2026 12:25 PM
On Friday, Obama-appointed Federal Judge Waverly Crenshaw dismissed the human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but NBC’s Saturday Today co-host Laura Jarrett simply referred to him as “a federal judge.” Naturally, she also omitted that Crenshaw had donated around $43,000 prior to his appointment.
During a quick rundown of the day’s headlines, Jarrett simply declared, “A federal judge in Tennessee now dismissing all criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Friday, who became associated with President Trump's deportation campaign.”
Jarrett then doubled down on the omission, “The judge finding that the Trump administration brought human smuggling charges against him only to justify the government's decision to deport him to El Salvador back in April of 2025.”
She also recalled, “The Supreme Court ruled that the United States had to bring him back because a 2019 court order prevented him from being deported to his home country in the first place. Garcia immigrated to the U.S. illegally as a teenager. The Justice Department plans to appeal.”
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