Re: Wisconsin Judge Arrested for Obstruction for Helping Illegal Alien Escape ICE

On Apr 26, 2025 at 2:19:25 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

On 4/26/2025 3:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

 The FBI arrested a state judge in Wisconsin on obstruction charges after she
 helped a wife-beating illegal alien escape the courthouse when ICE showed up
 to arrest him.
 
 There must be snowdrifts in hell today. I never thought I'd see the day when
 these activist judges were held to account. So satisfying seeing this judge
 led out of her own courthouse in handcuffs.
 
 The illegal was in state court facing charges for having put his wife in the
 hospital for the second time. Imagine being the victim, sitting in court,
and
 watching the judge in your case help your abuser escape arrest.
 
 Of course, Congressional Democrats who, upon hearing the story, immediately
 proceeded to decry the "increasingly lawless actions" of the Trump
 administration without the slightest hint of irony or hypocrisy. Amy
Klobuchar
 breathlessly declared that this is a "constitutional crisis".
 
 I had no idea the Constitution required us to allow judges to break the law
 and that stopping them from doing so puts the whole system in crisis.
 
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https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/25/politics/fbi-director-wisconsin-judge-arrested
 
 A Milwaukee County Circuit judge was arrested by the FBI Friday and charged
in
 federal court for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest.
 
 Judge Hannah Dugan is facing two charges for obstruction and concealing the
 individual from arrest. She made an initial appearance in court and was
 released.
 
 The arrest on federal charges is an escalation in the Trump administration’s
 focus on judges' conduct, particularly as it relates to immigration
 enforcement. The Justice Department has repeatedly asserted that it will
 investigate any local officials who interfere with federal authorities on
 immigration matters.
 
 "We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from
the
 subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, allowing the
 subject-- an illegal alien-- to evade arrest," FBI Director Kash Patel said
on
 X in a post Friday morning. "Thankfully our agents chased down the perp on
 foot and he's been in custody since, but the judge's obstruction created
 increased danger to the public."
 
 In court on Friday, Dugan's attorney said that "Judge Dugan wholeheartedly
 regrets and protests her arrest. It was not made in the interest of public
 safety," according to the AP.
 
 In charging documents, investigators said that plainclothes federal agents
 went to Dugan's courtroom on April 18 with the intention of arresting
 Flores-Ruiz. A Mexican immigrant, Flores-Ruiz had been removed from the
United
 States in 2013, but immigration officials learned he was back in the country
 illegally because of his arrest in a local domestic abuse case.
 
 After being informed of the agents' presence by her courtroom deputy, the
 judge "became visibly angry, commented that the situation was 'absurd', left
 the bench, and entered chambers," court documents say. Witnesses told
 investigators that Dugan confronted the federal agents in a public hallway,
 where she repeatedly demanded they leave, saying they needed a different
kind
 of warrant to make the arrest. Dugan ordered the agents to speak with the
 chief judge of the courthouse.
 
 Several witnesses-- including Dugan's courtroom deputy and both the
prosecutor
 and the Victim Witness Specialist on Flores-Ruiz’s case-- allegedly
recounted
 seeing Dugan then direct Flores-Ruiz and his attorney to leave through a
"jury
 door", which leads to a non-public area of the courthouse, court documents
 say.
 
 One of the witnesses told investigators that Dugan stopped the two as they
 tried to exit through the normal door to the courtroom, saying something to
 the effect of "Wait, come with me".
 
 Flores-Ruiz and his attorney quickly exited the courthouse before the agents
 were able to catch up to them, investigators say. Agents found Flores-Ruiz
 outside the courthouse and identified themselves. He took off running but
was
 eventually captured.
 
 CNN has reached out to Flores-Ruiz's attorney for comment. Flores-Ruiz has
not
 yet entered a plea to federal charges related to his efforts to evade arrest
 and is being detained, according to his court record. This is a separate
case
 from the charges against Dugan.
 
 Attorney General Pam Bondi said in an interview on Fox News after the arrest
 was executed that "If you are destroying evidence and you are obstructing
 justice, when you have victims of domestic violence sitting in a courtroom
and
 you are escorting the criminal defendant out the back door, it will not be
 tolerated. I think some of these judges think they are beyond and above the
 law, and they are not."
 
 Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, similarly said in a post on X that "Nobody
 should be surprised by the arrest of two judges." The second judge he is
 referring to is former magistrate judge Joel Cano, who is charged with
 harboring three alleged illegal alien gang members on his property.
 
 "If you actively impede our enforcement efforts or if you knowingly harbor
or
 conceal illegal aliens from ICE, you will be prosecuted," Homan said.

 
If the agents' warrant, and thus their right to be in her courtroom, was
invalid, then what should she have done ...salute?

Given the judge's lawless behavior, why do you automatically assume she was
telling the truth about the warrant rather than dissembling as yet another
tactic to give the illegal time to escape?