Disreputable Bunch

"I trust his wife."

Who would have expected that Scott Jennings, who yearns for a request from President Trump that he run for the US Senate seat being vacated by Mitch McConnell, would become a "trust all women" kind of guy? Well, in the case of Kilmer Abrego Garcia, he conveniently has become the feminist he has scorned.

"Maryland man" Saint Abrego Garcia lived in our country illegally for 14 years, is accused of domestic violence by his wife, has MS-13 tats & now faces charges of HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

And it's still not enough to make Democrats stop defending this guy! Lord, beer me strength. pic.twitter.com/14ikebUYg7

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) June 7, 2025

Jennings' reacted after  

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the man at the center of a political and legal maelstrom after he was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, was flown back to the United States on Friday to face charges of transporting undocumented migrants....

 The decision to pull Mr. Abrego Garcia out of El Salvador and instead put him on trial in an American courtroom could provide an offramp for the Trump administration, which had bitterly opposed court orders requiring the government to take steps to return him after his wrongful removal in March.

The 10-page indictment — filed in Federal District Court in Nashville in May and unsealed Friday — might also be an effort to save face: Bringing Mr. Abrego Garcia back to face criminal charges may allow the White House to avoid a broader legal confrontation that was increasingly headed toward questions of whether Trump administration officials should be held in contempt of court.

Jennings argues

We also know what his wife told the courts and law enforcement about him, that he was violent, that he beat her, that he was... I trust his wife when she runs off and says "please protect me from (this? my?) man.

That's the truth but not the whole truth.  

In April, USA Today received an audio recording of am August, 2020 hearing before Judge Ada Clark-Edwards, in which Garcia's wife

Vasquez Sura describes in detail how Abrego Garcia was detained and in ICE custody through her 2019 pregnancy but returned home a changed person.

“Once he came out, maybe like a month after he was out, he changed a lot with me and my kids,” Vasquez Sura told the judge. “He would yell at them, yell at me for anything, and any little thing.””

Thus in 2021

Vasquez Sura filed for a protection order a second time, citing instances of violence in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Abrego Garcia “punched and scratched” Vasquez Sura, ripped off her shirt and grabbed and bruised her.

However, according to ABC News, the documents "noted two past incidents, alleging that in 2020, Abrego Garcia hit her with his work boot and that in August 2020, he hit her in the eye." A temporary protective order, requiring Abrego Garcia to stay away from their residence and to have no contact with Vasquez Sera, was issued. It was dismissed in June after the complainant failed to appear in court.

If you conclude that the extent of the domestic violence is unclear, you're catching on, especially because the alleged perpetrator never has been charged with domestic violence. And if you're unsure what their relationship is now, you're even more insightful because in a May 1 statement

"Recently an audio clip of a civil court hearing related to the protection order I filed became public. I previously acknowledged the protection order and will again address a personal and painful part of mine and Kilmar’s life. Neither of us were in a good place at that time," Vasquez Sura told USA TODAY...

She added: "My husband was traumatized from the time he spent in ICE detention and we were in the throes of COVID. Like many couples, we were caring for our children with barely enough to get by. All of those factors contributed to the actions which caused me to seek the protective order."

Assuming that Vasquez Sura was honest when she applied in 2020 for a protection order,  Abrego Garcia had been in ICE custody most of 2019, came out and was violent toward her. she filed for a protection order, the second, on August 3, 2021 alleging that Abrego Garcia locked her and the children out of the house and slapped her when they got back in. Also, "police came and he acted violent broke my phone in front of the officer. This is not the first time. I have photos of all the bruises his (sic) left on my body."

Eight days later, Vasquez Sera withdraw the petition, because of course, she did. And now, she defends her husband while stating in part "We were able to work through  the situation privately as a family, including by going to counseling."

Because, of course she does. Scott Jennings, who trusts Donald Trump, says "I trust his wife."

Sorry- not sorry- but I don't trust his wife. Neither do I trust Abrego Garcia, who was- and maybe still is- a wife beater, possibly belongs to MS-13, and according to the Justice Department (for what it's worth), is part of an "alien smuggling ring."

I trust the Justice Department even less. And Scott Jennings, who once upon a time labeled Donald Trump an "authoritarian,"  should understand what thinking people always have known: as with men, women should be believed at times, doubted at others.