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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Wisconsin Judge Arrested for Obstruction for Helping Illegal Alien Escape ICE Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:38:20 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 166 Message-ID: <vulmht$16onj$1@dont-email.me> References: <vujb4b$2v233$3@dont-email.me> <vujikv$36v15$1@dont-email.me> <vujnmu$3blun$2@dont-email.me> <vuk70i$3sof2$1@dont-email.me> <vukcpm$21ll$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:38:21 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c5c6f0eff1cdc3e45fdd243716e8e95e"; logging-data="1270515"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18wcghKei/ZGamw/hZVE28AmDN1PkvuSwc=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:6z8WztPN7pZJrg3nTMHHkJzy1Wg= In-Reply-To: <vukcpm$21ll$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 8760 On 4/27/2025 12:45 AM, BTR1701 wrote: > On Apr 26, 2025 at 8:06:57 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: > >> On 4/26/2025 6:45 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> -------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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? >> >> Wasn't her behavior lawful if the warrant was invalid > > No. Why not? Without a valid warrant, what gives them more rights than you? >> Why do you automatically assume >> she'd invite (at least) censure in order to abet a serial wife-beater? > > Because she's a leftist open-borders lunatic. Oh, I see. Hmm, I wonder why the article didn't mention that. So, this whole action was all about taking down a known "activist"...