Maintain the spin – here is what truly occurred to that Wisconsin decide

[ad_1] Right here’s what truly occurred to that Wisconsin judge .

Setting apart the spin – and there’s loads of it from some Democrats and pundits – these are the details.

Primarily based on the legal criticism, county decide Hannah Dugan had a listening to scheduled for illegal Mexican immigrant Eduardo Flores-Ruiz – who's already dealing with costs of home abuse.

Not solely that, Flores-Ruiz obtained right into a battle with two roommates who complained that he was taking part in his music too loud.

Flores-Ruiz punched one roommate within the face 30 instances, then hit a girl who tried to finish the battle, the criticism says. Let that sink in for a minute.

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Now let’s get to what Hannah Dugan did. (Nationwide Evaluate’s Jim Geraghty has a highly detailed account with in depth quotes from the paperwork.)

First she blew off the listening to. ICE brokers have absolutely the energy to arrest the immigrant on the county courthouse, and had been closing in, however hoped to do it in a low-key method.

Then she organized for Flores-Ruiz to slide out a non-public exit, for the only real objective of serving to him keep away from the federal brokers. And it labored. However the brokers tracked him down after a chase.

Many within the press have used the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Decide Hannah Dugan as a political weapon towards the Trump administration. (Mike De Sisti / USA TODAY NETWORK by way of Imagn Pictures)

This sounds very very like alleged obstruction of justice.

Now Dugan is entitled to the presumption of innocence, together with a wholesome skepticism. We’ve solely heard the federal government’s aspect of the story.

Does that sound like obstruction of justice? That’s what the decide has been charged with, together with concealing a person to forestall an arrest.

The Washington Post yesterday made specific what it implied a day earlier: "Whereas many Republican supporters of the president cheered the aggressive actions, critics of the administration mentioned the spectacle despatched a chilling message.

"‘The apparent objective of the arrest of Decide Dugan on legal costs is to intimidate and threaten all judges, state and native, throughout the nation,’ mentioned J. Michael Luttig, a conservative former U.S. appeals court docket decide."

Many others are treating Dugan’s arrest, uncommon although it's, as an outrage.

Hannah Dugan is accused of serving to conceal unlawful Mexican immigrant Eduardo Flores-Ruiz as ICE brokers closed in on her court docket. (DHS/Milwaukee Impartial by way of AP)

Earlier than the arrest of Flores-Diaz, the Milwaukee county government mentioned: "An assault on this protected, community-serving house undermines public belief, breeds concern amongst residents and workers and disrupts the due course of important to our courts," An assault , says David Crowley.

Another quotes helpfully rounded up by Geraghty:

Minnesota Democratic Sen. Tina Smith posted: "If Kash Patel," the FBI director, "and Donald Trump don’t like a decide, they assume they will arrest them." So this was not about alleged obstruction of justice however some type of private animus towards Dugan? And I doubt Trump knew something about this.

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New York Times columnist David Brooks mentioned on PBS: "It strikes me as perhaps one thing unlawful, nevertheless it additionally strikes me as one thing heroic." It MAY be unlawful, however on what planet would the decide’s actions be deemed heroic??

And right here’s one I discovered from Guardian columnist Moira Donegan, saying: "The Trump administration is making an instance of the Milwaukee decide to intimidate critics and opponents."

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So now the story has morphed into an anti-Trump hit job. The president does loads of issues to intimidate critics and overtly talks about it. This isn’t certainly one of them.

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As for the politics, aren’t most voters going to be extra involved with protecting violent unlawful migrants off our streets?

Howard Kurtz is the host of FOX Information Channel's MediaBuzz (Sundays 11 AM-12PM/ET). Primarily based in Washington, D.C., he joined the community in 2013 and usually seems on Particular Report with Bret Baier and The Story with Martha MacCallum amongst different applications.