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Subject: Re: Wisconsin Judge Arrested for Obstruction for Helping Illegal Alien Escape ICE
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 09:33:00 -0400
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2025 19:11:07 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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.
>
>--------------------------------
>
>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.
>

Toss her in jail and throw away the key.  When judges pick and choose
the laws they will follow while dictating laws for everyone else, we
are officially in a Constitutional crisis.