WATCH: Tennessee police release Abrego Garcia traffic stop video

Tennessee state police released body camera footage from a 2022 traffic stop involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March and is being held in prison there, despite a Supreme Court order instructing the Trump administration to "facilitate" his return.

President Trump and key members of his administration have cited the traffic stop encounter in their claims that Abrego Garcia was allegedly a member of the MS-13 gang and a criminal.

Abrego Garcia, now 29, was pulled over in Tennessee three years ago for driving 75 mph on a stretch of Interstate 40 where the posted speed limit is 65 mph. He received a warning for having an expired license but was not arrested or charged.

The video shows Tennessee officers openly discussing the potential that Abrego Garcia was engaging in human trafficking because he was driving an SUV with about eight passengers and no luggage. They questioned him about the passengers, where they were going and where he was coming from.

Abrego Garcia told the officers that he was driving coworkers to Maryland and that they had been working on a construction job in St. Louis, the video shows.