{"slug": "the-abrego-garcia-appeal-is-a-trojan-horse-see-also", "title": "The Abrego Garcia Appeal Is A Trojan Horse — See Also", "summary": "Above the Law's 'See Also' roundup reports that the DOJ is using a vindictive prosecution case, Abrego Garcia, as a Trojan horse to push for abolishing the doctrine of vindictive prosecution, amid a rising number of such motions. The roundup also covers Milbank opening a Chicago office with its pay scale, a court ruling that judges cannot handcuff children for falling asleep on field trips, a case for slowing agentic AI development, and the death of a former acting U.S. Attorney found dead in a federal building.", "body_md": "**The DOJ Is Using One Vindictive Prosecution To Help Kill The Doctrine Altogether:** [Funny timing, given how the vindictive prosecutions are piling up.](https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/an-administration-drowning-in-vindictive-prosecution-motions-would-like-to-abolish-the-category/)\n\n**Milbank Plants Its Flag In Chicago... Now About That Salary Match, Kirkland? **[A new office, an energy-transition star, and a pointed reminder to the locals about associate pay.](https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/milbank-is-opening-a-chicago-office-and-bringing-its-pay-scale-with-it/)\n\n**Falling Asleep On A Field Trip -- Not A Crime!** [Turns out we needed a ruling on that one. ](https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/judges-cant-handcuff-and-threaten-children-for-falling-asleep-on-field-trips-court-rules/)\n\n**The Case For Slowing Agentic AI Down On Purpose: **[Speed up drafting to 11 minutes and you don't get the same brief faster — you get a different animal. The QWERTY keyboard is a reminder that sometimes the inefficiency is the feature](https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/agentic-ai-and-the-qwerty-problem/).\n\n**'One Of The Darkest Days In Our Office’s History'**: [Former acting U.S. Attorney found dead at his office after being reported missing](https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/former-acting-u-s-attorney-found-dead-inside-federal-building/).\n\nThe post [The Abrego Garcia Appeal Is A Trojan Horse — See Also](https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/the-abrego-garcia-appeal-is-a-trojan-horse-see-also/) appeared first on [Above the Law](https://abovethelaw.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-abrego-garcia-appeal-is-a-trojan-horse-see-also", "canonical_source": "https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/the-abrego-garcia-appeal-is-a-trojan-horse-see-also/", "published_at": "2026-08-24 23:01:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-25 18:45:20.435240+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Above the Law", "DOJ", "Milbank", "Kirkland", "Abrego Garcia", "U.S. Attorney"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-abrego-garcia-appeal-is-a-trojan-horse-see-also", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-abrego-garcia-appeal-is-a-trojan-horse-see-also.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-abrego-garcia-appeal-is-a-trojan-horse-see-also.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-abrego-garcia-appeal-is-a-trojan-horse-see-also.jsonld"}}