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The judge arrested by Trump Administration defends himself back with Trump's own immunity case

A Milwaukee judge who was allegedly shielded because he had allegedly shielded an undocumented immigrant from ice arrest has argued that she could not be prosecuted because of the same case that President Donald Trump granted the broad immunity for “official” laws.

The FBI arrested Hannah Dugan last month, after allegedly informing the agent with immigration and customs authorities that they needed an arrest warrant to arrest an immigrant without papers who was charged in their courtroom for an offense.

The FBI director Kash Patel accused Dugan in a social media post by “intentionally wrong federal agent” of the man, a Mexican immigrant named Eduardo Flores Ruiz, which was nevertheless arrested in front of the courthouse.

Dugan was charged on Tuesday that he was supposed to hide a person from arrest and disability. A day later, her lawyers argued in an application to reject the case that Dugan is “not an ordinary criminal accused”.

Judge Hannah Dugan has become a new resistance. Mike de Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/USA Today Network/Imagn

The application argued that the problems with the public prosecutor's office “Legion”, including the fact that they allegedly violated the fundamental principle of federal constitution. “The most immediate government cannot pursue Richter Dugan because it is entitled to judicial immunity for its official actions,” it said.

As evidence, the application cited the case of the Supreme Court 2024 Trump against United States In which the court decided that the president had absolute immunity for “official acts”.

The 6: 3 decision included Trump's criminal prosecution on his attempts to overthrow the election victory of former President Joe Biden in 2020.

It did not provide a standard for what is considered an “official action” or to determine whether one of Trump's individual acts had fallen into this category, and only said that the lower courts had to take the case into account in view of the extensive immunity that was granted to the president.

Washington, DC - May 07: Director of the Courtive of the Investigation, Kash Patel, testifies to the House Appropriations Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building am Capitol Hill on May 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. Patel said before the subcommittee for trade, justice, science and related agencies about the FBI's budget request for the FBI. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The FBI director Kash Patel accused judge Hannah Dugan, “intentionally misdirected federal agents” by an immigrant without papers who appeared in her courthouse. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Dugan's application argued that the same standard should apply not only to the president but also to judges.

“Immunity is not a defense against the public prosecutor, which will later be determined by a jury or a court. At the beginning, it is an absolute burden for the public prosecutor,” the application said.

The application denied that Dugan had instructed the accused to go through the jury door so that he could escape the ice agent, but even if she had it, “the judges are enabled to keep control of their court halls specifically and in general in general,” said the application.

Demonstrators showed in front of the Milwaukee courthouse after judge Hannah Dugan had been arrested on the way to work on April 25th.
Demonstrators demonstrate in front of the Milwaukee courthouse after judge Hannah Dugan's arrest on April 25. Scott Olson/Getty Images

It also quoted other evidence from which the judges have enjoyed immunity for official actions from the 17th century in England and are continued by the US habitual law.

Dugan appeared in court in Milwaukee shortly on Thursday and, according to AP, did not think. Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the court building with signs with the inscription “Only fascists arrested judge falls” and “overhaul of the Ministry of Justice”.

Wisconsin's Supreme Court temporarily removed her from the bank, while the case is underway. The New York Times reported.

At the beginning of this month, more than 150 former state and state judges signed a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, in which Dugan's arrest was an attempt to “intimidate and threaten” the judiciary, and a “cynical effort” that undermined the rule of law.

Maga Diehards have now said that they hope that the judge's arrest is only the first of many.

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