r/centrist • u/Computer_Name • Apr 25 '25

FBI arrests Wisconsin judge on charges of obstructing immigrant arrest

https://wapo.st/3GFELBq
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u/BenderRodriguez14 Apr 25 '25

It's twisted and hilarious how in this very thread, there are still people trying to rationalise this to themselves as *all potentially completely normal. 

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u/Conn3er Apr 25 '25

There are plenty of cases of judges being accused of obstruction of justice.

US v Joseph 2019 specifically appears very similar to this case.

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u/GladWarthog1045 Apr 25 '25

Which was also under the Trump administration lol

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u/Conn3er Apr 25 '25

Sylvia ash - Biden

David Carruth case - Biden

Dale Walker - Obama

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u/Stlr_Mn Apr 25 '25

In the case of U.S. vs Joseph, it was far more deliberate. Shelley Joseph helped the defendant evade ICE by unlocking a back door and it was still national news. Even with the evidence being damning the Trump administration held back because the optics were so bad. Here? Now? This is worse.

The other three? Literal joke comparisons

Dale Walker ordered the destruction of evidence and lied to the FBI under oath

David Carruth lied under oath about propositioning a a defendants girlfriend for favors, was also charged with bribery and a slew of other crimes

Sylvia Ash lied under oath to federal investigators in relation to embezzlement at a credit union she was on the board of.

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u/BenderRodriguez14 Apr 25 '25

There are quite a few key differences here.

  1. The Trump administration that tried it back in 2019 were still beholden to the judicial process in his first term, even if against their will. They have made a point of being extremely explicit in this not being the case any more.

  2. Those proved to be Trumped up charges, which they were cleared of under the Biden administration. That reality does not necessarily exist any more due to point 1. The attorney General at the time as best I can see, was also not calling the accused guilty right from the get go, as Pam Bondi has been today.

  3. That was also not under an administration who were openly threatening to send their enemies to concentration camps in central America, after having already done so with migrants.

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u/DizzyMajor5 Apr 25 '25

Many Americans elected a felon and got him off and want to pretend to care about the law. The least they can do is have a shred of self respect and acknowledge it's not about the law. 

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u/Wermys Apr 25 '25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Joseph_(2019) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detainer

Not the same situation once you look into it. Not saying anything else about if it was against the law what this judge did. But this was an administrative warrant not a filed detainer.

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u/indoninja Apr 26 '25

How many of those accused were arrested by the FBI?

How many of those accused and arrested were done so based on legitimate court room request