Declaration of the Governor of Wisconsin after the arrest of the Milwaukee judge: a Trump decision to “undermine our judiciary”
The Governor of Wisconsin Tony Evers published the following declaration concerning the arrest of the County Judge of Milwaukee Hannah Dugan::
In this country, people suspected of criminal misdeeds are innocent until their guilt is proven beyond all reasonable doubts and that they are found guilty by a jury of their peers – it is the fundamental demand for justice in America.
Unfortunately, we have seen in recent months, the president and the administration Trump repeatedly use dangerous rhetoric to attack and try to undermine our judiciary at all levels, in particular by disobeying the highest court in the country and threatening to dismiss and withdraw the judges who do not govern themselves in their favor.
I have a deep respect for the rule of law, the judicial power of our nation, the importance of judges who make decisions impartially without fear or favor, and the efforts of the police to keep responsible people if they commit a crime. I will continue to trust our justice system while this situation takes place before the Court.
Key events
Asset Questions rejected on Defense secretary Pete Hegseth Signal cats of journalists on the Air Force One. Journalists have asked questions about the new reports suggesting that Hegseth has installed the unopenial commercial messaging service signal installed on his work computer.
“I don’t consider the signal as important,” said Trump. “I think this is really false news. I don’t consider him important. “
Senator Ron Wyden, who had already co -pacarraine a Invoice which would protect journalists and their sources, said The fact that the Trump administration’s decision to revoke the policies that protect journalists against the aspiration to appear “laid the foundations to enclose journalists who do not make up for their sources who exhibit crimes by its administration”.
The director of advocacy of the Freedom of Press Foundation, Seth Stern, said that each Democrat who did not have the priority of the bill co -sponsored by Bill Wyden, called the Press Act, “should be ashamed”.
“Everyone predicted that this would happen in a second Trump administration, but politicians able to prevent him from preventing the priority of empty rhetoric from leading a significant fight,” Stern said in a statement. “Because of them, a president who threat journalists with prison rape to protect their sources and said Reporting critically on their administration should be illegal and will almost certainly abuse the legal system to investigate and continue its detractors and journalists they talk to. »»
Trump claims that Russia and Ukraine are “very close to an agreement” and that most “major points are accepted”.
“Stop the bloodshed, now,” Trump posted on Truth Social after landing in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis. “We will be wherever we have to help facilitate the end of this cruel and insane war!”
Asset said the sanctuary cities should be closed when they have been asked for their reaction to a San Francisco judge blocking The federal government has refused federal funds to sanctuary cities. Trump made these comments to press Air Force One.
“We should not have sanctuary cities. We will see how it goes,” said Trump. “Sanctuous cities are sanctuaries for criminals. We have to close them. If we want a safe country, we have to get rid of sanctuary cities. ”
The Trump administration is starting to withdraw Smithsonian exhibitions
THE Trump administration begins to remove the exhibitions from National Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture And return these parts to the original owners.
The abolition of these artifacts comes after Trump published an executive decree that targeted the Smithsonian for the promotion of “ideological indoctrination or division stories”. Among the returned artefacts are a Bible and the story of George W Williams of the Black Race in America of 1619-1880, one of the first books on racism in the United States. The books returned to Dr. Amos Brown, a leader in civil rights and pastor of the third Baptist church of San Francisco, according to emails consulted By Black Press USAThe National Newspaper Publishers Association information site.
A inspector General at treasury department asked Irs Employees to give a wide range of documents, including all data requests from taxpayers, the so-called “Elon Musk Department of Elon Musk, the President’s Executive Office or the Office of the President of Management and Budget, according to the documents obtained by Propubinica.
The investigation comes after several Democrats Asked the Inspector General to wonder if the Trump administration raped the privacy of taxpayers after the disclosure of a data sharing agreement between the Ministry of Internal Security and the IRS.
“The risks created by these activities cannot be overestimated … Data (IRS) can be inaccurate due to identity theft, key errors, obsolete address information and a wide range of other reasons,” said the investigation request. “If the DHS is based on the same data to expel millions of people without validating its precision, it will eventually make serious mistakes that have an impact on American citizens and immigrants with valid legal status.”
The DoJ cancels the policy restricting the assignment journalists
The American prosecutor, Bondisaid the Ministry of Justice will cancel a policy indicated by its predecessor, Merrick Garland, who limited when the agency could assign journalists for files and testimonies, According to Axios.
“I have concluded that it is necessary to cancel Merrick Garland’s policies preventing the Ministry of Justice from looking for convincing files and testimonies of media members in order to identify and punish the source of inappropriate leaks,” Bondi wrote in a memo obtained by Axios.
Previously, Garland instituted policies that limit the ability of government officials to grasp materials and files – such as email and telephone records – journalists except in extreme cases. Garland policies came after the revelation that the Trump administration, during its first mandate, had secretly research and obtained recordings of at least four journalists Including CNN and Washington Post.
The Wisconsin senator Tammy Baldwin declared the arrest of Dugan “is a seriously serious and drastic decision” which threatens the system of checks and balances of the country:
Make no mistake, we have no kings in this country and we are a democracy governed by laws that everyone must respect. By relentlessly attacking the judicial system, bubating court orders and by arresting an in -practice judge, this president puts the fundamental democratic values that Wisconsinites are expensive. Although the details of this exact affair remain minimal, this action is part of the deeply concerning model of this president’s law without law and undergoing the courts and controls of the congress on his power.
The senator Elizabeth Warren Also weighed, claiming that the arrest “sounds serious alarm ringtone”:
“First of all, Trump ignored the Supreme Court”, Warren poster On Bluesky. “Now his FBI has arrested a judge. This administration threatens the judicial system of our country. “
The senator Bernie Sanders The said Dogan’s arrest has nothing to do with immigration and called on the Republicans to resist “Trump’s growing authoritarianism”.
“Trump’s last attack on the judiciary and the Dugan judge concerns one thing – uncontrolled power”, Sanders’ statement read. “He will attack and undermine any institution that stands on his way. Trump continues to demonstrate that he does not believe in the Constitution, the separation of powers or the rule of law. He simply wants more and more power for himself.”
THE Milwaukee city advice called the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan “”Shocking and overwhelming. “”
In a statement, the members of the council said that Dugan should “be” offering the same respect and the same regular procedure that it has diligently provided others throughout his career “.
“The most frightening part of the arrest of Judge Dugan is perhaps the continuous aggression by which the current administration in Washington, DC armed the application of federal law, such as ice, against immigrant communities,” the statement said. “As local elected officials, we work daily to support our voters who are becoming more and more concerned and concerned about each passing incident.”