The FBI has arrested a Wisconsin judge who allegedly hid illegal immigrants in the ju jury room to stop the person from being arrested by ICE, a Fox news source said.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested and charged with obstructing the official lawsuit Friday morning after evidence was revealed that he protected immigrants from ice agents, according to federal law enforcement.
Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News that on April 18 federal agents from ICE, FBI, CBP and DEA tried to arrest an undocumented man following a scheduled criminal court appearance. That’s when a federal law enforcement source says Judge Dugan demanded that officers proceed to the Supreme Court’s office. At that point, they say the judge has left, and the undocumented individual hearing has concluded and he has left the building immediately.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, painted in 2016, was arrested for allegedly hiding an undocumented immigrant in the Ju Court’s room to prevent the person from being arrested by the ice. (Mike De Sisti / USA Today Network Imagn Images, left, Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA Today Network via imagn Images, top right, Christopher Dilts / Bloomberg via Getty Images, bottom right.)
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Fox News learned that federal law enforcement officials believe Judge Dugan intentionally redirected agents and officers to the Chief Judge’s Office so that illegal immigrants could leave the court and avoid arrests.
Fox News is said to have Judge Dugan making his first appearance in federal court in Milwaukee someday Friday.
Dugan challenges the accuracy of the report, according to local reports.
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Fox News Digital contacted Dugan’s office by phone Wednesday, with workers saying the judge was in court and would return the call. Fox News Digital contacted Dugan again on Thursday and has not yet received a response.
Several outlets reported that Prime Minister Carl Ashley had sent an email to the judge in court about Ice’s existence, but the emails made no mention of the charges surrounding Dugan.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Dugan responded to the publication’s accusations on Tuesday, writing, “Almost all the facts about the ‘tips’ in your email are inaccurate.”
The case follows the two of them being arrested by ice officials in court hallways in recent weeks. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Republican Rep. Bob Donovan worked on charges against the Dugan Allele this week and said the FBI was investigating it.
“I have never seen more irresponsible conduct, not to mention the judges, in my years of Milwaukee politics and public safety issues, working with officers, district attorneys and judges, not to mention the judges. “This is adjacent to the obstruction of justice and I hope that the FBI will continue to investigate in depth and, if guaranteed, will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.”
Dugan has previously worked with the executive director of legal aid organizations and Catholic charities. She was elected to the Circuit Court Branch 31 in 2016 and was not opposed in the 2022 election. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, she mainly oversees cases in the Misdemeanors Division.
