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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: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:34:40 -0400
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On 4/29/2025 7:40 AM, NoBody wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:47:00 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/28/2025 7:28 AM, NoBody wrote:
>>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:38:20 -0400, 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.
>>>>>>>>>       
>>>>>>>>>       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?
>>>
>>> Show us the warrant was invalid before you proceed with this course of
>>> "logic".
>>
>> Hmm, I think there was a judge who said it was improper...
>>
> Show us the legal ruling.

Show "yourselves" the proper warrant.