FBI Director Kash Patel posted a photo on X Friday night of the Wisconsin judge who was arrested for allegedly obstructing immigration agents while she was handcuffed, being escorted to a vehicle by officials.

The photo of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan does not show her face, but shows her being escorted by three law enforcement agents in a perp walk. The caption by Patel read, “No one is above the law.”

According to the Confidentiality and Media Contacts Policy listed on the Justice Department’s website, DOJ personnel “should not voluntarily disclose a photograph of a defendant unless it serves a law enforcement function or unless the photograph is already part of the public record in the case.”

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    3 days ago

    The fact that Patel feels the need to blur out the faces of the arresting officers should tell you exactly how confident they are in making the arrest to begin with. They’re scared. As they should be.

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      3 days ago

      It’s not an admission of guilt, they truly believe they are righteous. It’s an admission that they are essentially at war with all non-MAGA elements of America. They blur their faces for the same reasons the SEALs and Delta blur their faces in photos. They practice OPSEC because they would expect a motivated enemy to track them down and hurt them when and where they are vulnerable otherwise. Because that’s what they would do.

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        Well they’re still idiots-- blur can be unblurred without much effort. This isn’t opsec, it’s clownsec