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The government’s prosecution of Judge Dugan is virtually unprecedented and entirely unconstitutional,
her lawyers wrote in a court filing
Even if (contrary to what the trial evidence would show) Judge Dugan took the actions the complaint alleges, these plainly were judicial acts for which she has absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. Judges are empowered to maintain control over their courtrooms specifically and the courthouse generally,
Dugan's lawyers argued in the motion to dismiss
The problems with the prosecution are legion, ... but most immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts."
the motion states
The government’s prosecution here reaches directly into a state courthouse, disrupting active proceedings, and interferes with the official duties of an elected judge,
Dugan’s motion states
I’m glad she got indicted, I hope they prosecute this thing all the way through,
Hawley said on Fox News’s The Ingraham AngleJudge Hannah C. Dugan has committed herself to the rule of law and the principles of due process for her entire career as a lawyer and a judge,
her lawyers said
She will be held accountable for that,
Noem told Fox News in an interview Tuesday nightWe shouldn’t be able to allow that in this country, and we need to make sure that even judges are held accountable for their actions,
she addedWhen federal immigration enforcement takes place in our courthouse complex, it sends families into hiding, deters survivors of violence from seeking protection and discourages tenants from asserting their rights,
Milwaukee County Board Chair Marcelia Nicholson said prior to Dugan’s arrest
We will find you." ... We're sending a very strong message today,
US Attorney General Pam Bondi defended Dugan's arrest, issuing a chilling warning to those who may harbor illegal aliens ... Bondi told Fox News at the time
We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject -- an illegal alien -- to evade arrest.
FBI director Kash Patel announced Dugan's arrest in a statement on X, writing
Make no mistake, we do not have kings in this country and we are a Democracy governed by laws that everyone must abide by,
Baldwin previously saidAs she said after her unnecessary arrest, Judge Dugan asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court."
Dugan's attorneys told Fox NewsJudge Dugan wholeheartedly regrets and protests her arrest. It was not made in the interest of public safety."
Her attorney, Craig Mastantuono, told the court last monthWe could not believe that a judge really did that,
Bondi said[He] beat the guy, hit the guy 30 times, knocked him to the ground, choked him, beat up a woman so badly; they both had to go to the hospital,
she said
Let’s be clear. Trump’s arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration,
said US senator Bernie Sanders at the time
All of this adds to a sense of the judiciary being under attack,
said Jeremy Fogel, a former judge in California who now runs the Berkeley Judicial InstituteThe ability of law enforcement to make arrests of criminal illegal aliens in courthouses is common sense,
said Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration enforcementWhen litigants stop feeling like they can access justice through the courts, and when the federal government starts taking time away from states administering justice to further their immigration enforcement agenda, it gets tricky under the law,
said Sarah Rogerson, a professor at Albany Law School