Arrested judge turns tables on Trump with bold claim citing president's case

[riversedge]

Source: raw story




Matthew Chapman May 14, 2025 7:12PM ET


Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan is moving to have the federal charges against her thrown out — and she's citing the very ruling that gave President Donald Trump a presumption of immunity,

According to NBC News, lawyers representing Dugan wrote in response that the whole case was invalid due in part to Trump's win at the Supreme Court last year as he sought to undermine federal charges against him for interfering in the 2020 election.


"“The problems with this prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts,” wrote her legal team “Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset.” The lawyers explicitly cited the decision by the Supreme Court in Trump v. United States, which held that a president has a presumption of immunity for official acts.

The attorneys focused on the Supreme Court's holding that “In dividing official from unofficial conduct, courts may not inquire into the President’s motives.” Because Dugan's instructions within her courtroom constituted official conduct, they concluded, “Judge Dugan therefore has both immunity from conviction and immunity from prosecution.”

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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/hannah-dugan-2672020436/

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Judge Dugan has not herself spoken out about any thing that has happened to her in this case--as far as I know and I have been trying to follow this story.

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[creon]

1. excellent

that is brilliant

and funny!

[riversedge]

2. I am waiting to hear Trump chime in--he has his nose in so much and this is bound to set him off.

[Mike Niendorff]

3. Well done.

Use their own weapons against them -- and, if that fails, use their own weapons' failures to blunt them for future cases.


MDN

[magicarpet]

4. Isn't this the judge that let the person go out a side door,...

.... to avoid the crowded court corridors. This hallway she sent him to - led right out the door directly to the sidewalk. Thus avoiding the crowded court hallways.

How many judges allowed trDUMP and his team of lawyers to use a judges hallway to exit the courthouse directly to the sidewalk. So that they could avoid the media crowd in the hallways ?

Good for the goose - but impermissible for the gander ?

What makes trDUMP something so special ?

[ShazzieB]

11. Here's what I heard on MSNBC (not sure which show, most likely Rachel)...

The door she let him out of did not open to the sidewalk. It opened onto the same hallway that the main door did, just at a different point in the hall. She was evidently trying to avoid a scrum blocking the busiest part of the hallway when those goons arrested him. At least that's my understanding.p

As for there being a completely different standard for Schlump and his legal team, that is very true.

[magicarpet]

13. Thank you for the clarification......

[ShazzieB]

15. My pleasure!

[benfranklin1776]

19. Yes that is my understanding of what transpired as well.

Of course handmaiden sPam Blondie lied and made it sound like she put him into a disguise, hustled him into a limousine in an underground basement and gave him a whole new identity
It’s nothing but a sham, show prosecution at its core so this is a brilliant counter narrative to put the focus back on the abusers of power that perpetrated it 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[NBachers]

20. Points for sPam Blondie

[benfranklin1776]

21. Thanks.

I thought it appropriate as she’s garbage utterly, without any redeeming value . 😡

[sheshe2]

5. Oh snap!

Well played.

[cachukis]

6. Reparte' of the finest.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. ding.

[Alice Kramden]

8. Glad to see

Fighting fire with fire - GO, Judge Dugan!

[madville]

9. Might as well try it

Doubtful it will work or apply in this case but why not try. Also gotta see if she gets a Democratic or Republican nominated federal judge, that will steer the case as well.

[D00ver66]

10. Judges

Judges will throw this case out. There’s no way this goes to trial. The president it would set would put all judges in crosshairs whether Republican or democratic administrations want to follow this. It’s a clown show just to prove they will do it. A scare tactic hopefully the judiciary has now learned its lesson and as a co equal branch nip this in the bud.

[mobeau69]

12. Precedent

[swong19104]

14. Sounds like the proper tactic for all defense attorneys

going forward is to just cite some BS claim by Trump’s attorneys when he wasn’t president (between 2021 to 2025). “My client is a presumptive president/senator/supreme court justice, and so his actions must be considered in light of this presumption and any conviction and subsequent punishment would negatively impact his ability to execute his role in office.”

[oasis]

16. In yo' face turkey!!!

[Marcuse]

17. It's their "Burisma" strategy. "Just announce a charge."

[iluvtennis]

18. I like it. Fingers crossed. n/t

[returnee]

22. Hope it helps her case, but...

…it seems like a stretch. Are they testing the application of TSF’s scotus case to others in their official duties?

[intrepidity]

23. ....and here we go down that slippery slope...

Soon, there will be *no* accountability at all for anyone in an "official* capacity. Once again, everything that monster touches turns to shit.

[NH Ethylene]

24. When the Supreme Court made this decision,

There was much hoopla (and rightfully so) over it permitting presidents to ignore any law.

But I did not recall reading about it extending to others, such as the judicial branch. Was this actually a stay-out-of-jail card for anybody working in or for the government?