Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers reminded the Maryland judge that his civil case against the government isn’t over just because he’s back — and that she “still retains jurisdiction to find contempt and impose sanctions.

The return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. last Friday after his wrongful deportation to El Salvador in March should not end a judge's investigation into whether Trump administration officials should be held in contempt for violating a court order,

In an interview with NBC News, the president said it was the Justice Department's decision, not his, to bring the Maryland man back to the U.S.