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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 16:46:21 -0400
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On 4/29/2025 7:41 AM, NoBody wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:02:04 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/28/2025 7:30 AM, NoBody wrote:
>>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:46:55 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/27/2025 9:33 AM, NoBody wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> But would you want a system giving judges no discretion whatsoever?
>>>>
>>> Judges do not have discretion to break the law.
>>>
>>> What is wrong with you?
>>
>> Afaik, deliberately aiding an improper seizure is breaking the law...
>>
> 
> Now all you have to do is find a court ruling that this was an
> improper seizure.

Actually, I'd only have to show that she had reason to *think* it 
improper.  Of course, I don't *know* she did, but neither do you.


> I ask again: what is wrong with you?

Worry more about what's wrong with you.