A number of Democrats who’ve argued that “nobody is above the legislation” in President Donald Trump’s instances are actually condemning the arrest of Wisconsin Choose Hannah Dugan, warning it might threaten the rule of legislation.
“This isn’t regular,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., tweeted of Dugan’s arrest by the FBI on continuing obstruction prices for allegedly shielding an indicted Mexican migrant from ICE brokers.
“The administration’s arrest of a sitting decide in Wisconsin is a drastic transfer that threatens the rule of legislation,” Klobuchar added, saying it is a “grave step and undermines our system of checks and balances.”
Throughout Trump’s 2019 impeachment, Klobuchar mentioned his first impeachment case marked a “somber day for our nation.”
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“In America, nobody is above the legislation, and the American folks deserve to listen to proof and witness testimony throughout a full and truthful trial within the Senate. If the president has any details to current in his protection to the articles of impeachment, we must always hear them,” she mentioned.
After the 2022 FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, Klobuchar mentioned, “The legislation is king, and the previous president is not.”
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., additionally condemned Dugan’s arrest, saying, “If [FBI Director] Kash Patel and Donald Trump don’t like a decide, they suppose they’ll arrest them.
“That is gorgeous — we should stand as much as this blatant energy seize. Republicans: How is that this not a purple line for you?”
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Choose Hannah Dugan speaks throughout a discussion board on the Milwaukee Bar Affiliation (Imagn)
Commenting in 2020 on her vote to take away Trump from workplace over abuse of energy allegations, Smith mentioned she took her constitutional oath severely and that “to condone corrupt habits reminiscent of this undermines the core worth that we stand for as a nation — that nobody is above the legislation, together with and most particularly our president.”
Smith mentioned she pored over shows and proof to succeed in that conclusion.
Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., who represents Dugan’s county, lambasted the White Home, saying its “willingness to weaponize federal legislation enforcement is stunning and this arrest has all of the hallmarks of overreach.”
“I shall be following this case intently and details will come out. Nonetheless, I’m very alarmed on the more and more lawless actions of the Trump administration, and specifically ICE, who’ve been defying courts and performing with disregard for the Structure.”
Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith and Rep. Gwen Moore criticized the decide’s arrest. (Getty)
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., commented on an apparently deleted tweet from Patel, writing on X, “Donald Trump and JD Vance are arresting judges now. Deleting the tweet will not undo the constitutional disaster you could have simply thrust us into.”
In a 2023 interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, Khanna mentioned of the Trump impeachment, “You possibly can’t simply say, ‘OK, as a result of somebody was president or somebody is a candidate, that you simply’re above the legislation.’ Everyone seems to be beneath the legislation, and that allegations, the proof must be pursued.”
When reached for remark by Fox Information Digital, Khanna mentioned of the distinction that Trump has “waged warfare on the judiciary” and that there isn’t any public proof but relating to Dugan, however “it’s deeply regarding given the administration’s assaults on the courts.”
“Even Chief Justice Roberts has rebuked Trump’s conduct towards the judiciary,” Khanna added.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., questions witnesses throughout a roundtable on Supreme Court docket ethics hosted by Home Oversight Committee Democrats, Washington, D.C., June 11, 2024. (Allison Bailey/Center East Photographs/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., mentioned norms have been being violated on the immigration and authorized fronts for Dugan’s arrest.
In an announcement obtained by Fox Information Digital, Pocan laid out the variations he sees between the Dugan and Trump instances: “Choose Dugan’s arrest is outrageous and a concern tactic to our impartial judiciary. Trump has all the time thought he was above the legislation, however now he’s enabling his goons to push that restrict so far as it could actually go. His reckless deportations and flaunting of the Structure will fail,” Pocan mentioned.
“That is stuff I count on from Third World nations,” he told Axios.
In a December 2019 assertion after his vote in favor of impeachment, Pocan mentioned Trump was “by no means held accountable for his actions” over his 70-plus years of life.
“At the moment, Democrats despatched a transparent sign to this president and all future presidents: Nobody is above the legislation.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to the workplaces of Klobuchar and Smith for remark.
