Democrat Senators erupted in anger Friday over news of the arrest by the Trump administration of a Wisconsin judge for helping an illegal alien evade arrest by ICE agents by helping him sneak out the back of her courtroom.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI Friday morning at her courthouse and was later released with a federal court date of May 15. Duggan is accused of thwarting a planned arrest of Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an illegal alien who was set to face domestic violence charges involving his roommates in her courtroom on April 18. Dugan allegedly sent the federal agents away to speak with the chief judge and then snuck the illegal and his attorney out a back door. Flores-Ruiz was caught outside the courthouse after a foot chase.
The 13 page criminal complaint against Dugan can be read here:
Here you go, internet. https://t.co/Z8UVIfcsdu
— Seamus Hughes (@SeamusHughes) April 25, 2025
The facts of the case are clear and convincing based on eyewitness accounts of court officers and the federal agents. Yet, Democrats, who most recently have sided with MS-13 and Tren de Aragua illegal alien gang members, threw their support behind a judge who is accused of literally obstructing justice to protect illegal aliens. A sampling of their comments:
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA): “The Trump admin has arrested a judge in Milwaukee. This is a red alert moment. We must all rise up against it.”
The Trump admin has arrested a judge in Milwaukee. This is a red alert moment. We must all rise up against it.
— Ed Markey (@EdMarkey) April 25, 2025
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY): “There are no kings in America. Trump and Bondi can’t just decide to arrest sitting judges at will and threaten judges into submission. This is a dangerous escalation, an attack on the separation of powers, and we will fight this with everything we have.”
There are no kings in America.
Trump and Bondi can’t just decide to arrest sitting judges at will and threaten judges into submission.
This is a dangerous escalation, an attack on the separation of powers, and we will fight this with everything we have.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 25, 2025
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI): “BREAKING: The Trump Administration has arrested a sitting Milwaukee judge. My statement below:”
“In the United States, we have a system of checks and balances and separations of power for damn good reasons. The President’s administration arresting a sitting judge is a gravely serious and drastic move, and it threatens to breach those very separations of power. Make no mistake, we do not have kings in this country and we are a Democracy governed by laws that everyone must abide by. By relentlessly attacking the judicial system, flouting court orders, and arresting a sitting judge, this President is putting those basic Democratic values that Wisconsinites hold dear on the line. While details of this exact case remain minimal, this action fits into the deeply concerning pattern of this President’s lawless behavior and undermining courts and Congress’s checks on his power.”
BREAKING: The Trump Administration has arrested a sitting Milwaukee judge.
My statement below: pic.twitter.com/Mz6NeT5lUp
— Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin) April 25, 2025
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD): “This is what fascism looks like: Attorney General Bondi threatening judges she claims are not cooperating with Trump immigration policies and saying “we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you.””
This is what fascism looks like:
Attorney General Bondi threatening judges she claims are not cooperating with Trump immigration policies and saying “we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you.”
— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) April 25, 2025
Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN): “Understand what this is: If Kash Patel and Donald Trump don’t like a judge, they think they can arrest them. This is stunning — we must stand up to this blatant power grab. Republicans: How is this not a red line for you?”
Understand what this is: If Kash Patel and Donald Trump don’t like a judge, they think they can arrest them. This is stunning — we must stand up to this blatant power grab.
Republicans: How is this not a red line for you?
— Tina Smith (@SenTinaSmith) April 25, 2025
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN): “This is not normal. The Administration’s arrest of a sitting judge in Wisconsin is a drastic move that threatens the rule of law. While we don’t have all the details, this is a grave step and undermines our system of checks and balances.”
This is not normal.
The Administration’s arrest of a sitting judge in Wisconsin is a drastic move that threatens the rule of law.
While we don’t have all the details, this is a grave step and undermines our system of checks and balances.
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) April 25, 2025
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) who caucuses with the Democrats (source link):
This morning, President Trump directed the FBI to arrest trial court judge Hannah Dugan in Milwaukee. She is being charged with obstructing law enforcement, a federal crime.
Let’s be clear. Trump‘s arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration. It has everything to do with his moving this country toward authoritarianism. He is illegally usurping Congressional powers. He is suing media that he dislikes. He is attacking universities whose policies he disagrees with. He is intimidating major law firms who have opposed him. He is ignoring a 9-0 Supreme Court decision to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador, where he was illegally sent. He is threatening to impeach judges who rule against him.
Trump’s latest attack on the judiciary and Judge Dugan is about one thing – unchecked power. He will attack and undermine any institution that stands in his way. Trump continues to demonstrate that he does not believe in the Constitution, the separation of powers, or the rule of law. He simply wants more and more power for himself. It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party who believe in the Constitution to stand up to his growing authoritarianism.
Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, posted a statement on the illegal alien Democrats are supporting and whom Judge Dugan is accused of helping to evade arrest by ICE:
This is the criminal illegal alien that the Milwaukee Circuit judge attempted to shield from justice. He has a laundry list of violent criminal charges including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and domestic abuse. Ruiz illegally entered the US twice.
Since President Trump was inaugurated, activist judges have tried to obstruct President Trump and the American people’s mandate to make America safe and secure our homeland— but this judge’s actions to shield an accused violent criminal illegal alien from justice is shocking and shameful.
We are thankful for our partners at the FBI for helping remove this accused criminal from America’s streets.
If you are here illegally and break the law, we will hunt you down, arrest you and lock you up. That’s a promise.
This is the criminal illegal alien that the Milwaukee Circuit judge attempted to shield from justice. He has a laundry list of violent criminal charges including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and domestic abuse. Ruiz illegally entered the US twice.
Since President… https://t.co/4HvDtC9XPc pic.twitter.com/To5yzuShos
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) April 25, 2025
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