Updated at 6 PM CDT: Hinderaker would prefer to bring a lynch mob for her — rather than see any actual evidence. Not surprising; it’s in his DNA. But ugly just the same.

Me? I want Kash to show me the evidence, before I decide. Yawn. End, updated portion.

For the moment, color me decidedly skeptical about the idea that he has solid evidence to suggest that a Milwaukee County judge obstructed the federal law officers’ investigation.

As I say, cases are decided on evidence in court, not headlines — ones garnered by any wanna be rockstar FBI head. Here’s the NYT:

…Federal agents arrested a county judge in Milwaukee, accusing her of shielding an immigrant from the authorities….

I do know that in Chicago occasionally, judges have allowed asylum seekers / migrants (who were being tracked by federal ICE agents, during Tangerine 1.0) …the able judges allowed the bailiffs to let the asylum-seekers slip out the back door at 26th and California, while the federal agent sat in court — waiting for them to appear.

So, even if we accept that that is what happened here in Milwaukee, there is a strong argument that a judge has the right to police her own courtroom. And if the federal agents did not notify the bailiff that they wanted a hold for the particular detainee… the judge is perfectly free to grant them either furlough or bail — especially while the ICE agents are out getting donuts(!). That is presumptively lawful.

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