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They Did It Again: Trump Set Another Trap for Dems on Rogue Judges

Matt Vespa
Matt Vespa  |  April 26, 2025 7:00 AM

They did it again: the Democrats got totally owned for taking the wrong side of an issue—this time involving judges who have broken the law. One New Mexico judge was arrested after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at his home revealed that a reported Tren de Aragua member was living there. The second incident involved Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested for helping an illegal escape from immigration officers. They broke the law, you get arrested—this isn’t hard. But Democrats think that their judges are above the law. 

Democrats are trying to make this a 'tyranny' narrative against Trump. It won’t work. Trump’s communications team is too good, the Democrats are too stupid, and their allies in the media don’t have the muscle to dominate the airwaves. We own them. And the phrase “no one is above the law” clamped down on the ankles of the Democrats like a bear trap. 

A refresher on Judge Dugan (via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel): 

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was charged April 25 with two felonies on allegations of trying to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after he appeared in her courtroom. 

According to a 13-page complaint, Dugan, 65, is accused of obstructing a U.S. agency and concealing an individual to prevent an arrest. The two charges carry a maximum penalty of six years in prison and a $350,000 fine, but sentences in cases involving nonviolent offenses typically are much shorter. 

Specifically, the complaint says Dugan assisted Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, avoid being arrested by federal immigration officials at the Milwaukee County Courthouse after he appeared in her courtroom for a pretrial conference on April 18. Flores-Ruiz is facing three misdemeanor battery counts. 

Two federal agents eventually chased Flores-Ruiz down outside the courthouse and apprehended him at West State Street and North 10th Street downtown, according to the complaint. 

And the media meltdown and blowup from Democrats, with our people providing the receipts. It’s also not unprecedented; a judge was arrested in 2019 for helping an illegal avoid arrest.

Game. Set. Match.

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