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Former Wisconsin judge gets no jail time for helping immigrant evade ICE agents
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #BillClinton #courts #donaldtrump #EduardoFlores-Ruiz #Generalnews #GregoryOMeara #HannahDugan #Immigrantdetention #Immigration #Impeachment #JasonLuczak #Lawenforcement #Legalproceedings #politics #Prisons #Raceandethnicity #RichardFrohling #tomtiffany #U.S.news #UnitedStatesofAmerica #WIStateWire #Wisconsin
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Now-former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was convicted of felony obstruction of justice for concealing an undocumented immigrant in her courtroom. Now, there's a chance she may get a judgment of acquittal or a new trial. @allrisenews's Adam Klasfeld talks to former U.S. Attorney Harry Litman about the legal grounds for this.
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#Milkwaukee, #Wisconsin: Judge #HannahDugan resigns after being wrongly convicted
https://www.wpr.org/news/milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-resigns-after-felony-conviction
#NaziUSA #AbolishICE #USGestapo
Because she protected an #immigrant from #ICEThugs !!
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County Judge Convicted Of Obstruction For Helping Migrants Avoid An ICE Ambush
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The real questions raised are a) whether we believe the “safety” of the agents making those dubious arrests matters more than the safety of our communities, and b) whether we want the courts to be able to regulate the conduct in their own courthouses as a check on the government’s exercise of raw power
Making sense of the trial and conviction of a judge who stood up to Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/alternet-posts/making-sense-of-the-trial-and-conviction-of-a-judge-who-stood-up-to-trump/#HannahDugan #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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ein Respekt, #hannahdugan 👍
USA: Richterin soll Festnahme eines Einwanderers behindert haben – nun droht Haftstrafe USA: Richterin soll Festnahme eines Einwanderers behindert haben – nun droht Haftstrafe
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Federal prosecutors charged Milwaukee County Circuit Judge #HannahDugan with obstruction, a felony, & concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor, in April. The jury acquitted her on the concealment count, but she still faces up to 5 years in #prison on the #obstruction count.
The jury returned the verdicts after deliberating for 6 hours. No sentencing date had been set as of late Thursday.
#Trump #law #immigration #SafeSpaces #Court #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CivilRights
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WTAF?
Jury finds Judge #HannahDugan guilty of obstruction for helping an #immigrant evade federal agents
A jury found a #Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal authorities guilty of obstruction Thursday, marking a victory for #Trump as he continues his sweeping #immigration crackdown across the country.
#Trump #law #immigration #SafeSpaces #Court #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #despotism #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/dugan-judge-wisconsin-immigrant-arrested-trial-09cd6fc722058ca2e191d66bda720ac4?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-18-Immigration+judge -
The case against #Milwaukee County #Judge #HannahDugan will move forward following a federal court ruling.
Dugan faces #criminal charges after prosecutors said she helped a man evade #immigration agents by leading him through a side door of her courtroom in April.
In May, a grand jury determined there was enough evidence to indict her on charges of obstructing or impeding a proceeding & concealing an individual to prevent his discovery & arrest.
#Trump #law #judiciary
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Donald Trump gets immunity for official acts, but Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan doesn't. The Milwaukee County Circuit Judge was arrested in April over allegedly taking Eduardo Flores-Ruiz through a jury door instead of a main exit so that he would avoid ICE, and charged with "knowingly concealing a person for whose arrest a warrant and process had been issued." Dugan pleaded not guilty, arguing immunity from criminal prosecution for judicial acts, but U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Joseph rejected this. Here's more from Adam Klasfeld at @allrisenews.
#News #TrumpAdministration #Immigration #USLaw #HannahDugan #ICE
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Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan's argument on judicial immunity lacks foundation, according to a piece in Lawfare.
In my opinion, regardless of what I think of this specific case, broad judicial immunity for actions which are at best on the periphery of a judge's duties is a bad idea.
#HannahDugan #JudicialImmunity #TrumpVUnitedStates #CharlieChaplin #Law #Lawfare
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Chris Capper Liebenthal raises intriguing questions about the case against Judge Hannah Dugan, accused of obstructing federal agents. Prosecutors released nearly 8 minutes of video evidence, but critics argue it lacks substantive proof of a crime. The footage reveals tense interactions yet no dramatic confrontation, leading to doubts about the strength of the prosecution's claims. Read more about this complex situation: https://crooksandliars.com/2025/05/feds-reveal-they-have-very-weak-case
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#Wisconsin Judge pleads not guilty, seeks to throw out charges she blocked #immigration arrest
Milwaukee County #Judge #HannahDugan entered her not guilty plea two days after a federal grand jury returned an #indictment.#law #judiciary
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/15/wisconsin-judge-immigration-arrest-plea/ -
Judge #HannahDugan, who has been temporarily removed from the bench by the #Wisconsin Supreme Court while the case against her advances, has indicated through a lawyer that she intends to fight the charges. She is expected to appear in court on Thurs.
“Judge Hannah C. Dugan has committed herself to the rule of #law & the principles of #DueProcess for her entire career as a lawyer & a judge,” her attys said in a stmnt shortly after she was arrested.
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The #Wisconsin Judge #HannahDugan who was arrested last month & accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade federal agents was #indicted by a federal #GrandJury on charges of concealing a person from arrest & #obstruction, a routine but significant step in #DOJ’s case against her. The #Trump admin has defended the prosecution as a warning that no one is above the #law, while many #Democrats, #lawyers & fmr #judges have denounced it as an assault on the #judiciary.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPQeZalnArY
The FBI Just Arrested Two Judges
#FascistUSA #MI #Michigan #NM #NewMexico #KrazyKashPatel #BatshitBondi #USLaw #law #HannahDugan
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Clement also opposed the #Trump admin's bid to withdraw the federal corruption case against #NYC Mayor #EricAdams w/the potential to refile charges. A judge earlier this month dismissed the case permanently after Clement, acting as a court-appointed adviser, said it would otherwise hang over Adams like a "sword of Damocles."
#HannahDugan's arrest Friday was part of an escalating dispute between the admin & local officials over #immigration enforcement.
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Clement, a US solicitor general during the Republican admin of George W. Bush who has argued >100 cases before #SCOTUS, has clashed with the #Trump admin in other cases.
He is representing WilmerHale in its lawsuit challenging an #ExecutiveOrder Trump signed last month targeting the #US #LawFirm's business w/federal contractors & restricting its access to government officials and buildings.
#law #Constitution #ArticleIII #judiciary #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #SeparationOfPowers #HannahDugan
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#Wisconsin #judge arrested in #immigration case retains top conservative atty
A WI judge charged w/helping a man in her court briefly evade immigration authorities added prominent conservative atty & leading #SCOTUS advocate #PaulClement to her defense.
#HannahDugan, a #Milwaukee County circuit judge, was charged Friday w/obstructing a govt proceeding & concealing an individual to prevent arrest.
#law #Constitution #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #Trump
https://www.reuters.com/legal/wisconsin-judge-arrested-immigration-case-retains-top-conservative-lawyer-2025-04-29/ -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXG95EHuOkE&pp=ygUNZGVtb2NyYWN5IG5vdw%3D%3D
#DemocracyNow 28 April 2025
'Abuse of Power': Trump Admin's Bizarre Arrest of #Milwaukee Judge Shocks #LegalCommunity
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Only one thing is going to stand in Trump's way — and he knows it | Opinion
by Thom Hartmann, April 28, 2025
"It didn’t happen in some shadowy back alley or under the cover of night.
"It happened in broad daylight — in the heart of an American courthouse.
"Federal agents, acting without even the decency of a signed warrant, stormed into Judge #HannahDugan’s courtroom on Friday morning and dragged her away like a common criminal. No warning. No legal process. No respect for the law she had spent a lifetime upholding.
"But they made sure the cameras were there, so America could see what they were doing. Because this was not about justice. This was about terror.
"This was a warning shot aimed directly at the beating heart of America’s judiciary: 'Fall in line — or you’re next.'
"In that moment, the world’s oldest democracy lurched closer to the edge of #AuthoritarianRule. In that moment, America became a little less free — and a lot more like the nightmare #VladimirPutin always hoped we’d become.
"The FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan last Friday without even having a legal arrest #warrant; this is as outrageous and #PoliceState illegal as an administration can get.
"And #PamBondi’s performance Friday — after her federal agents swarm-raided this county judge — wasn’t staged for the general public.
"The real audience was a very small, select group: America’s judges.
"Their message is very simple: 'P--- us off, judges, and you could end up in prison, too.'
"Trump has already pacified the Article I branch of government — Congress — and now he’s in the process of pacifying the Article III branch, the Judiciary.
"There are only 3 branches to our government: cowing both Congress and the nation’s Judiciary will leave only the president in charge of the entire country under all circumstances in all ways.
"Nothing and nobody else will be able to stop him, short of a military coup (and he’s already decapitated the senior leadership of the military) or unending demonstrations in the streets (demonstrators who may soon face live ammunition).
"That is called dictatorship. Real dictatorship. Vladimir Putin-style dictatorship where you are punished for the smallest deviation from orthodoxy and can find yourself in #prison or sued into #bankruptcy if you dare speak out in public.
"It appears more and more every day that #Putin is Trump’s mentor, if not his handler. Trump is doing everything he can, with help from a South African billionaire, to destroy the historic American infrastructure (which has been an example for the world for 250 years) and turn us into the newest member of the #dictators club, joining Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Hungary, North Korea, and the rest of the #fascist and #authoritarian world.
"To get there, now that they’ve pacified every single Republican member of Congress (most recently, Don Bacon criticized Trump’s schizophrenic tariffs; a day later he started talking about retiring), they only have to seize control of the Judiciary, and then nothing except We The People will stand in their way.
"Nothing. Will. Stand. In. Trump’s. Way. Except We The People. And he knows it.
"Look at the striking parallels between Putin’s strategies and Trump’s actions:
"From installing Trump’s loyalists in the military and the federal police agencies of the Department of Justice and FBI, to his open threats against freedom of the press, to the GOP’s efforts to rig elections and purge voters, Trump’s subversion of US democracy looks eerily familiar.
"He’s taking pages directly from the autocrat’s handbook.
"Trump has openly quoted and praised autocrats like Putin and Hungarian strongman #ViktorOrbán, who has presented his leadership in speeches to the GOP and CPAC as a model of an '#illiberal' state.
"Trump’s not hiding his admiration for dictators; he’s flaunting it. And now he’s putting the final stages of their script into action.
"Trump’s movement toward authoritarianism follows 'a known playbook. It’s unfolded in many other countries,' as journalist Anne Applebaum notes. 'These are democratically elected leaders who characterize themselves or describe themselves as deserving of no opposition. So I am the true Hungarian, or I am the only real American.'
"In a mere matter of weeks into his presidency, Applebaum says, Trump and his allies “have managed to push America into that space somewhere between (no longer) democracy and full-scale autocracy.”
"The speed is shocking, but it shouldn’t be surprising. It only took #Hitler #53Days to completely end democracy in Germany. Others, like Lukashenko, Orbán, Putin, Mussolini, Duterte, El-Sisi, and Erdoğan took longer (none longer than two years), but you could argue that Trump has been working at this project for 9 years now."
#Fascism #TrumpIsABully #USPol #TrumpIsPutinsPuppet #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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"she refused to cooperate with a secret police force that was there to violate her courtroom, disappear her defendant, and interfere with her own distribution of justice."
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"Dugan’s example is meant to frighten Americans into submission. But I think it might be more likely that she inspires us to subversion. Legality and morality are different things, and what Dugan allegedly did, whether or not it was technically legal, was supremely moral, and not a little bit brave:"
~ Moira Donegan
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"Such investigations should go on for months before an arrest occurs. That’s because before you go indicting judges on nothing more than vibes, you should establish your case with proof beyond a reasonable doubt and present that to the grand jury."
The politics of performative cruelty, spectacle and distraction, were front and center with the arrest of Hannah Dugan — not rule of law.
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"Everything the government has done since Flores-Ruiz’s detention has been heavy-handed with a clear, even expressly stated intent to intimidate the judiciary.
Let’s start with a threshold question. Why did the government not first seek a grand jury indictment of Judge Dugan, as would have been customary? That of course would have taken some time to put together."
~ Jay Kuo
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"While targeting a state judge for arrest for allegedly obstructing an attempt to detain a undocumented migrant doesn’t raise the same constitutional concerns as defying federal court judges, the highly unusual handling of the case shows how it is part of a broader campaign of intimidation and eroding the rule of law. It bears noting that President Trump is expected to sign a new executive order today targeting sanctuary cities."