Wisconsin judge cites Trump immunity ruling as she seeks to dismiss indictment

A Wisconsin judge accused of helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest cannot be prosecuted "because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts," her attorneys argued Wednesday in a motion to dismiss charges against her.The big picture: The filing that comes one day after a federal grand jury indicted Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan cites last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in President Trump's since-dismissed Jan. 6 case that ruled presidents have immunity for "official acts.""Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset," Dugan's attorneys argue, pointing to Trump v. United States.The big picture: The FBI arrested Dugan, on charges of obstruction of an immigration arrest operation last month. She denies any wrongdoing and her attorneys argue in the motion to dismiss the case that she was acting in her official duties as she was "directing people around the courtroom."Dugan's attorneys wrote in the filing, "The government's prosecution here reaches directly into a state courthouse, disrupting active proceedings, and interferes with the official duties of an elected judge."What they're saying: Attorney General Pam Bondi said after Dugan's arrest that "nobody is above the law" and "some of these judges think that they are beyond and above the law. They are not."Representatives for the Justice Department did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment in the evening.Read the motion to dismiss the case in full, via DocumentCloud:

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