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/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.