M.D. Kittle writes for the Federalist about bizarre reactions to a judge’s recent high-profile arrest.
The accused scofflaw judge that the left has adopted as its latest martyr — a modern-day Harriet Tubmsn, even — is now a federally-indicted judge facing up to six years in prison and hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines on charges she helped an allegedly violent illegal immigrant evade federal officials.
A federal grand jury this week handed down a two-page indictment accusing Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan of knowingly concealing an illegal alien from arrest and obstructing federal law enforcement proceedings.
The Milwaukee grand jury did not seem to view the liberal activist judge as a 21st century Harriet Tubman.
FBI agents arrested Dugan on April 25, a week after prosecutors say Dugan angrily confronted federal law enforcement officials and allegedly helped Eduardo Flores-Ruiz briefly escape arrest via an exit not accessible to the general public. Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican national who had previously been deported, was in court and scheduled to appear before Dugan to face charges of battering two people at a Milwaukee residence, according to the criminal complaint.
The judge is scheduled to appear in federal court on Thursday to enter a plea.
The Federalist could not reach Dugan for comment. One of her attorneys, Craig Mastantuono, said in a statement that the judge “asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court.”’
Dugan’s high-priced legal team moved on Wednesday to have the federal charges against her tossed out, according to the leftist Wisconsin Examiner.
“This is no ordinary criminal case, and Dugan is no ordinary criminal defendant,” states the motion to dismiss, obtained by the publication. “Dugan is a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge. She was arrested and indicted for actions allegedly taken in and in the immediate vicinity of her courtroom, involving a person appearing before her as a party.”
