Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) made waves by making the insane claim that Trump administration officials should be arrested for "kidnapping."
During an appearance Friday on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Raskin argued that because rogue leftist judges are being arrested for aiding and abetting illegal immigrants, Trump officials should also be arrested for “interfering with a legal proceeding” or “kidnapping.”
Raskin's statements come after federal authorities arrested Judge Hannah Dugan in Wisconsin for aiding illegal immigrants avoid immigration officers who had a warrant for their arrest.
Raskin stated, "Now they’re arresting judges, and the first felony criminal charge brought against Judge Hannah Dugan in Wisconsin is interfering with a legal proceeding, which is essentially what they’ve been doing all along. What Judge Boasberg is about to hold them in criminal contempt for and has found that there is probable cause for criminal contempt is that they deliberately ignored and defied his order not to take off in those airplanes headed for El Salvador and not turning the airplanes around."
On the face of it, this statement makes no sense, but it is very likely that Democrats are going to press this issue heavily as they attempt to thwart President Donald Trump's bold immigration agenda.
Raskin's assertion that Trump officials are guilty of "interfering with a legal proceeding” or “kidnapping" is entirely baseless and draws from the doomed movement to hold Trump officials in contempt of court for deporting illegal immigrants.
Raskin claimed in his interview with Maddow that, "They have been disobeying federal court orders systematically. They have incurred criminal contempt findings in the courtroom of Judge Boasberg, a conservative Republican, a judge. They have been demanding the impeachment of judges who rule against the lawlessness of the Trump administration."
For the record, Judge Boasberg was appointed by former President Barack Obama, which immediately throws Raskin's assertion that he is a conservative into a dubious light.
Furthermore, Judge Boasberg's attempts to hold Trump officials in contempt of court for failing to abide by an order they could never uphold show that he is an ideological opponent of the conservative movement.
Judge Boasberg attempted to order flights to El Salvador carrying violent illegal immigrants to turn around, but this was simply impossible. His attempt to push contempt of court charges was quickly shut down by a higher court.
Raskin ignored this higher order in arguing that the Trump administration should be held in criminal contempt. It's no surprise to see a Democrat ignoring evidence in order to push an absurd narrative against the Trump administration.
Trump's immigration agenda and deportation of violent illegal immigrants are massively popular with regular Americans, but that hasn't stopped activist judges from stonewalling and slowing down Trump's agenda at every turn.
So far, two judges have been arrested for openly thwarting a legal arrest of illegal immigrants and have already been canonized by the left for their valiant efforts in protecting illegal immigrants, who often are a threat to the American people.
Thankfully, the Trump administration is working to hold those rogue judges accountable, and the Supreme Court will likely have a large role to play in reining in these activist judges who care more about illegal immigrants than the safety of the American people.
