Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Maryland to impose fines against the Trump administration for contempt, arguing that it flagrantly ignored court orders for several weeks to return him to the U.S. from El Salvador.

Attorneys accuse Trump officials of egregious defiance of court orders in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, seek fines after his improper deportation to El Salvador.

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported from Maryland to El Salvador before being returned to the United States on migrant smuggling charges, is seeking sanctions against the Trump administration for allegedly stonewalling an inquiry into efforts to secure his return.