Top leaders at the Justice Department and the F.B.I. are struggling to fulfill Trump campaign promises often rooted in misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the F.B.I., have been tasked with making good on promises to reveal deep-state secrets — or at least show how hard they are trying.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had been living in Maryland and legally protected from deportation, had been held in a Salvadoran prison since March 15.