Patel chickens out: FBI Director Deletes Tweet Announcing Arrest Of Judge For Allegedly Helping Immigrant 'Evade Arrest'

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https://www.mediaite.com/tv/fbi-director-deletes-tweet-announcing-arrest-of-judge-for-allegedly-helping-immigrant-evade-arrest/

FBI Director Deletes Tweet Announcing Arrest Of Judge For Allegedly Helping Immigrant ‘Evade Arrest’

David GilmourApr 25th, 2025, 11:19 am

FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Friday morning via X that agents had arrested Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant “evade” federal agents — before he swiftly deleted the post.

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Still, the arrest, and Patel’s choice to make — and then erase — the announcement on social media has ignited a media firestorm. Some experts, including CNN analyst Juliette Kayyem, are speculating that the wording of the statement may have been problematic:

(Uh huh)

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(Original Patel tweet at link)

[Initech]

1. Kash Patel and Tom Homan are the real terrorists here.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Their "mistakes" are meant to test the boundaries of legitimacy

that the public and institutions will tolerate. This is the 3rd mistake in less than 2 weeks if memory is engaged.

It's an implicit admission that no one understands legitimacy or any other standard ethical measure.

[CanonRay]

9. It's probably the 30th mistake but we don't know about them.

[Srkdqltr]

3. Did he just delete the post or drop the charges? Just hiding the arrest i assume.

[obamanut2012]

4. He has reposted the exact same tweet

[cbabe]

5. Who pushed the wrong button? (Link?)

[stillcool]

8. totally misunderstood your post

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Statement of Senator Tammy Baldwin

Link to tweet