MADISON, Wis. – The federal arrest of a Milwaukee judge for protecting a defendant in her court from an FBI arrest triggered a landslide of support for the judge. The public statements were critical of the Trump admnistration for interferring with a local judicial issue.
> Tony Evers, governor of Wisconsin, accused the Trump of repeatedly using “dangerous rhetoric to attack and attempt to undermine our judiciary at every level.”
> Tammy Baldwin, U.S. senator: “The arrest of a sitting judge is a gravely serious breach that threatens the separation of power between the executive and judicial branches.
> Emilio De Torre, executive director of Milwaukee Turners social reform organization: “The sanctity of the courts must be upheld.”
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Dugan. The embattled Milwaukee judge at her desk with Abraham Lincoln at her side.