FBI Director Deletes Tweet About Arrest of Wisconsin Judge but It’s Unclear Why

Kash Patel, a far-right extremist and conspiracy theorist who just so happens to be the director of the FBI, tweeted Friday about the arrest of a judge in Wisconsin who he alleges tried to obstruct U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). But it wasn’t long before Patel deleted the tweet. Two hours later, Patel retweeted the exact same thing, and it’s unclear why he would delete the original tweet. “Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on charges of obstruction—after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week,” Patel wrote in his tweet from 10:11 a.m. ET. “We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject—an illegal alien—to evade arrest,” Patel continued. Patel went on to write, “thankfully our agents chased down the perp on foot,” describing the scene like he’s in a cheesy 1980s cop show, and ... Read full article.