Stephen Miller Takes Dem Scalps Over Their Outrage on the Arrest of Wisconsin Judge

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller responded Friday to widespread Democrat criticism following the FBI’s arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan, who is accused of obstructing the arrest of an illegal migrant.

Democrats, including Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), denounced Dugan’s arrest, calling it a dangerous precedent.

Miller countered their claims, citing a long history of actions by Democrats targeting President Donald Trump and his supporters.

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In a post on X, Miller wrote: “Democrats spent the last 8 years stripping Americans of due process to jail them for protected political activity; illegally spying on the Trump Campaign; manipulating and fabricating intelligence and then criminally leaking it for partisan gain; using the FBI and Intelligence apparatus to pursue political enemies; launching a coup against President Trump and his Administration; persecuting President Trump, his family, his aides and his supporters; censoring and deplatforming and blacklisting the opposition; removing opposition candidates from the ballot; maliciously fabricating false allegations to inflict outrageous financial punishments; raiding President Trump’s home and seizing his property; and weaponizing the entire legal system for the sole objective of incarcerating the Democrat Party’s chief political rival and seeking to illegally obstruct and rig the 2024 election.”

Miller also emphasized that Democrats have “orchestrated and engineered a mass invasion of the United States by foreign cartels and enemy terrorists,” and accused them of hypocrisy for opposing legal accountability when individuals obstruct immigration enforcement efforts.

“And now these same Democrats howl with rage when the invasion is returned and those who criminally harbor the invaders and feloniously obstruct their removal are held accountable under law,” Miller added.

Democrats spent the last 8 years stripping Americans of due process to jail them for protected political activity; illegally spying on the Trump Campaign; manipulating and fabricating intelligence and then criminally leaking it for partisan gain; using the FBI and intelligence…

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) April 25, 2025

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Democrats quickly issued public statements condemning Dugan’s arrest.

Khanna posted, “The FBI arrested a Wisconsin judge who stood up for due process for immigrants. This is unprecedented. All of us need to stand up and speak out against arresting judges in this country. We are living in dangerous times.”

Miller responded by stating that Democrats are attempting to redefine “due process” as “felony evasion and obstruction of federal law enforcement to shield criminal illegal aliens from arrest.”

The democrats now define “due process” as felony evasion and obstruction of federal law enforcement to shield criminal illegal aliens from arrest. https://t.co/pxB8v4wJbY

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) April 25, 2025

Senator Klobuchar wrote, “This is not normal. The Administration’s arrest of a sitting judge in Wisconsin is a drastic move that threatens the rule of law. While we don’t have all the details, this is a grave step and undermines our system of checks and balances.”

Miller replied by affirming that “nobody is above the law,” and outlined that Dugan “harbored and concealed a criminal alien, obstructed federal law enforcement, and willfully violated federal immigration law.”

He added, “These are extremely grave crimes, all enacted into law by Congress.”

No. One. Is. Above. The. Law.

A judge harbored and concealed a criminal alien, obstructed federal law enforcement, and willfully violated federal immigration law. These are extremely grave crimes, all enacted into law by Congress. https://t.co/AfZ1eMPcxo

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) April 25, 2025

Senator Sanders also weighed in, stating that Dugan’s arrest “has nothing to do with immigration.”

He claimed the arrest was “about one thing: unchecked power,” and called on Republicans to oppose what he described as “growing authoritarianism.”

Let’s be clear. Trump’s arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration.

This latest attack is about one thing: unchecked power.

It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party to stand up to his growing authoritarianism. pic.twitter.com/Wn4zfjrSxW

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 25, 2025

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) issued a statement criticizing the Trump administration’s rhetoric toward the judiciary, saying, “In this country, people who are suspected of criminal wrongdoing are innocent until their guilt is proven beyond reasonable doubt and they are found guilty by a jury of their peers—this is the fundamental demand of justice in America.”

Evers added, “Unfortunately, we have seen in recent months the president and the Trump Administration repeatedly use dangerous rhetoric to attack and attempt to undermine our judiciary at every level, including flat-out disobeying the highest court in the land and threatening to impeach and remove judges who do not rule in their favor.”

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provided additional details about the individual Judge Dugan allegedly attempted to shield.

DHS spokeswoman Patricia McLaughlin revealed that the illegal migrant had a “laundry list of violent criminal charges including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and domestic abuse.”

This is the criminal illegal alien that the Milwaukee Circuit judge attempted to shield from justice. He has a laundry list of violent criminal charges including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and domestic abuse. Ruiz illegally entered the US twice.

Since President… https://t.co/4HvDtC9XPc pic.twitter.com/To5yzuShos

— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) April 25, 2025

The case continues to generate political controversy, with federal authorities proceeding with charges against Dugan and the White House standing by its commitment to enforcing immigration laws without exception.

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