FBI arrests Wisconsin judge for obstruction of ICE agents: Kash Patel

From Axios.com (Apr. 25, 2025):

FBI director Kash Patel said Friday his agency had arrested a Milwaukee judge who allegedly tried to help an undocumented defendant avoid arrest.

Why it matters: Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, was arrested on charges of obstruction of an immigration arrest operation, Patel's post said.

• Dugan appeared briefly in federal court Friday before she was released from custody, the Associated Press confirmed.
• "Judge Dugan wholeheartedly regrets and protests her arrest. It was not made in the interest of public safety," her lawyer, Craig Mastantuono, said during the hearing, per AP.
• Patel had announced the arrest on the social media site X then deleted it. He later reposted the announcement after Dugan appeared in court.

Driving the news: "We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest," Patel said.

• Patel added that Flores-Ruiz is currently in the FBI's custody.

Catch up quick: The Journal Sentinel reported this week that the FBI was looking into whether Dugan tried to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after that person was scheduled to appear in her courtroom last week.

• In an email to judges, Chief Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Carl Ashley said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on April 18 with an arrest warrant, according to the Journal Sentinel.

• Ashley's note didn't mention Dugan or an FBI investigation into her conduct. His office did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.
• Dugan's office did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.

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Good. I agree . The judge definitely interfered. The ICE agents didn't even enter the courtroom. They waited outside for the illegal to come out. Saying she had a right to do what she did is stupid. Once she exited her courtroom, her domain ends. Letting that illegal escape outside is potentially dangerous for the public.  Not once did the judge care or even think of that. Prosecute her to the full extent of the law.

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