John Kennedy Questions FBI Director Kash Patel About Arrest Of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan

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At Thursday's Senate Approrpiations Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned FBI Dir. Kash Patel about the arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan.

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00:00Mr. Director, worry not, we'll make sure your agency is adequately funded.

00:08This judge you arrested in Wisconsin, she was breaking federal law, wasn't she?

00:19Yes, that's why we arrested her.

00:21She was helping an illegal immigrant escape being taken into custody, is that right?

00:30Yes, and the field agents decided to open the case, work the case.

00:33And as Americans, do we get to pick and choose which laws we want to follow?

00:38We do not.

00:39If you're a state court judge, do you get to decide you don't want to follow federal law?

00:44No.

00:45And if you violate federal law, you get arrested, don't you?

00:51Yes, Senator.

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