Judges not above the law
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In April there was an outcry over the FBI charging Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan with obstruction of justice over her letting someone wanted by ICE leave by a different door in her courtroom.
At the time it was seen as an authoritarian move, without precedent.
However it is newsworthy that Judge Dugan has been found guilty by a jury. The charges against here were substantiated, and it seems she did indeed go out of her way to frustrate federal agents from doing their job. In summary she:
- Lied to agents that their administrative warrant wasn’t sufficient, and that they needed a judicial warrant
- Told them to go see the Chief Judge, to get them out of the way
- Sped the case through, to allow the defendant to leave quickly and by a different door
- Told her court reporter she knew she had done wrong, and that she could get in trouble for it
There are many bad things the Trump Administration has done. But this prosecution wasn’t one of them.
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