The Trump administration is escalating its attacks on judges. On Friday, FBI agents arrested a county judge in Milwaukee, Hannah Dugan, who was charged with obstruction and concealing an individual from arrest. The FBI accused her of allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest inside a Wisconsin courthouse. The judge’s arrest was widely criticized. Wisconsin Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin said, “This action fits into the deeply concerning pattern of this president’s lawless behavior and undermining courts and Congress’s checks on his power.”
FBI Director Kash Patel is facing accusations he broke DOJ policy by posting a photo online of Judge Dugan in handcuffs.
On Saturday, protesters rallied in Milwaukee to protest the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants and the arrest of Judge Dugan.
Casey Serrano: “We are out here today with a message for the FBI, for the DOJ, for President Trump himself. And that message is: Drop the charges, stop the raids, stop the deportations. We are also out here with a message for Judge Hannah Dugan. And that message is: We have your back.”
In related news, federal agents in New Mexico have arrested former Judge Jose Luis Cano and his wife. They have been accused of tampering with evidence linked to a former tenant who the government claims is a member of a Venezuelan gang.
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