This case IS going to get settled in an non-criminal manner in the end , one would guess….
Judges do NOT Like other judges getting arrested for Media POLITICAL Intimidation reasons….
A Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that she interfered with an immigration arrest. She argued that federal officials have no power to prosecute her.
Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan entered her plea two days after a federal grand jury returned an indictment accusing her of obstructing an official proceeding and concealing a person from arrest. An attorney for her issued a statement this week saying Dugan “asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court.
”On Wednesday, Dugan’s attorneys sought to dismiss the case, arguing that she is immune from prosecution for actions she took as a judge in and around her courtroom. As part of their argument, they cited last year’s Supreme Court decision that found that President Donald Trump was immune from prosecution for official acts.
In the coming weeks, a judge will decide whether to grant Dugan’s request to dismiss the charges….
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The Justice Department’s handling of the case won plaudits from supporters of President Donald Trump and condemnation from more than 150 former judges, who called the arrest an attempt to intimidate the judiciary.
Dugan’s arrest has echoes of a case during Trump’s first term, when the Justice Department in 2018 charged a judge in Massachusetts with helping an undocumented immigrant escape from a courthouse. Those charges were dropped in 2022 under an agreement that required the judge to report herself to the state’s judicial discipline commission….
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