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FBI director says agents arrested judge for obstructing immigration operation (www.reuters.com)

submitted 22 hours ago by conditional_soup@lemm.ee to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday said federal agents arrested a Wisconsin judge on obstruction charges in a message Patel posted on X and later deleted. In the post, which Reuters saw before it was deleted, Patel said there was evidence of the judge "obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week."

A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service said Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit judge, was arrested at a courthouse this morning.

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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 18 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Cool. Arresting judges is a clear sign of a functioning democracy.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Arresting judges for political reasons no less.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 9 points 20 hours ago

You know how they're going to spin this. The playbook at this point is threadbare at best. "Sure, we arrested a judge, but here's a squirrel to distract you."

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 10 points 21 hours ago