FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday said federal agents arrested a Wisconsin judge on obstruction charges in a message Patel posted on X and later deleted. In the post, which Reuters saw before it was deleted, Patel said there was evidence of the judge “obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week.”

A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals Service said Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit judge, was arrested at a courthouse this morning.

    • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgM
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      3 days ago

      You know how they’re going to spin this. The playbook at this point is threadbare at best. “Sure, we arrested a judge, but here’s a squirrel to distract you.”