Chuck Schumer on Judge Dugan’s Arrest: ‘Unfortunately,’ the Constitutional Crisis Has Arrived

SHARPTON: “Turning to Trump’s immigration purge, this week, Trump’s FBI arrested Milwaukee circuit court judge Hannah Dugan, who now faces federal charges for allegedly obstructing the arrest of an undocumented immigrant by ICE agents. And a hearing has been set for may 16th in the case of a two-year-old U.S. citizen deported to Honduras with her mother. The federal judge handling the case says it appears the child may have been removed without meaningful due process. Immigration advocates have been warning we are on the verge of a constitutional crisis. Has that crisis arrived, senator?”
Schumer: “Yes, it has, unfortunately. Because what — Trump wants to be king. A king doesn’t have a Constitution. A king just does whatever he wants. And Biondi (sic) just goes along with him. They’re trying to intimidate judges. This is not the first time or the second. They’ve said they want to impeach judges. They said they’re going to go after judges who don’t agree with them. That is so against the Constitution. the Constitution believes and has been written with the wisdom of the founding fathers, that we should have separation of powers. There should be an independent judiciary. When you go before a judge, you think that you hope and believe that that judge is impartial. What Trump, Biondi (sic), and the whole Justice Department are trying to do is push that judge, threaten that judge, so the judge is no longer impartial. It is outrageous in both cases. In both cases, you can’t believe what they said. You know, in the case with the two-year-old girl, they’re saying, oh, the mother wanted to take her. Well, she’s entitled to due process. The father says that’s not true. And I don’t believe ICE or anything they say, because they’ve made up things so many times in the past. This is a constitutional crisis. You cannot have a — you cannot have a democracy without an independent judiciary. And they’re trying to clip the wings of that independence.”