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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: Wisconsin Judge Arrested for Obstruction for Helping Illegal
 Alien Escape ICE
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:38:43 -0400
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On 4/28/2025 12:23 PM, Rhino wrote:
> On 2025-04-27 3:22 PM, moviePig wrote:
>> On 4/27/2025 1:43 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> On Apr 27, 2025 at 9:38:20 AM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
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