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Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan Was Charmed April 25 With Two Felonies on ALLGISTONS of Trying to Help An Undocumented IMMIGRANTATIID AVOD ARRREST AFTER He APEREDARIRIAR in HER Courtroom.
According to A 13-page compoundDUGAN, 65, is account of obstructing a US agency and Concealing an Individual to Prevent an Arrest. The Two Charges Carry A Maximum Penalty of Six Years in Prison and A $ 350,000 Fine, but Security in Cases Invulting Nonvioft Offerses TyPically Are Much Shorter.
Specificylly, The Complaint Says Dugan Assisted Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, An Undocumented Mexican IMMIGRANT, Avoid Being Arrested by Federal IMMIGRIONALAALALALS At The Milwaukee County Courthouse’s after heard in her Courtroom for a preparal convention on April 18. Flores-Ruiz is Facing Three Misdemeanor Battery Counts.
Two Federal Agents EventUlly Chased Flores-ruiz Download Outside the CORTHOUSE and Apprenededed Him at West State Street and North 10th Street Download, According to the Complact.
“Hannah C. Dugan Has Committed Herself to the Rule of Law and the Principes of Due Process for Her entire career as a lawyer and a judge,” an Attorney for Dugan Said in A Statement. “Judge Dugan Will Defend Herself Vigorously, Looks Forward to Being Exonated.”
Judge Dugan Makes BRIEF APERANCE In Federal Courtroom
On APRIL 25, DUGAN APERAD BEFORE Us Magistrate Judge Stephen C. DRIES DURING A BRIEF He is Dugan Made No Public Comments During the Brief Hening.
At the hearing, dries Asked if prosecutors was seeing Detent, and they said they was not. He Answered that He did not Believe that the Charges Were “ELIGIBLE” for Detente.
As it ended, here attorney, Craig Mastantuono, Told the Court: “Judge Dugan Whileheartedly Regrets and Protests Her Arrest. Dugan is now beINing Represented by Former Us Attorney Steve Biskupic.
DUGAN MADE HER FEDER COURT APERANCE A Little More Than Two Hours after She was Arrested at the County COURTHOUSE At About 8 AM April 25. Thake She Was Initially in Federal Custody, She was not in A jumpsuit when she was applyed in Court But Was Instead Wearing A Black Dress with White Flowers.
Federal Prosecutors Kelly Watzka and Keith Alexander Declined to Comment as they walked out of the Courtroom after a brief helaring.
Reaction to Dugan’s Arrest Grew Nationally
Us Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on x: “I can Confirm that our @Fbi Agents Just Arrested Hannah Dugan – A County Judge in Milwaukee – For Allegredly Helping An Illigal Alien Avoid an Arrest By @ICEGOV.
Earlier, FBI Director Kash Patel postedDeleted and then reported a tweet about the arrest.
“Just Now, The FBI Arrested Judge Hannah Dugan Out of Milwaukee, Wissonsin on Charges of Obstruption – after Evidnce of Judge Dugan Obstrucking An IMMIGRATION ARSTREST Orthration Last Week, “Patel Wrote. “We Believe Judge Dugan Intente Mizeireted Federal Agents Away from the Subject to be Arrested in her Courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, Allowing the Subject – AN ILLEGAL alien – to evade arrest. “
Multiple Milwaukee County Judges Confirmed that Arrest Took Place at the Courthouse.
Franklyn Gimbel, a Prominent Milwaukee Defense Attorney and Former Federal Prosecutor, Called Dugan’s Arrest “Outarageous.”
“A person who is a judge, who has a residency who has no progem being five, shroud not be arreSted, if you will, like some commen Criminal,” GIMBEL Said. “And i’m Showeded and Surprised that Us Attorney’s Office or The FBI Welf Not Have Invited Her to Show up and Acccept Process if they’re going to change here with a CRIME.”
Us Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin Descrabed the Arrest As an Example of Goovernmental Overreach by the Trump Administration.
Mayor Cavalier Johnson Also Slammed the Trump Administration’s Move, Calling It “Ham-Handed,” “Happyzard” and Being More About “Showboating” Than About Keeping Milwaukee’s Community Safe.
“If a judge is beautiful arreed in a Courthouse, just imagine the chillling Effect that it creates to Other Folks who would otherwise Participate in Judicial Proceides in Or COURTHOUSE – and Not Just in the Milwaukeee County Courtousse, but Courtses Across the State of Wissonsin and Courtses Across the United States, “Johnson SAID.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, The State’s Top Republican, SAID In A Statement to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Public by Obstructing their Efforts to Arrest Criminals and Illgal Aliens.
Gop Reply. Tom Tiffany, Who is Considering A Run for Goovernor in 2026, Wrote on x: “If you assal aliens evade arrest, you will be arrested.”
Tiffany Had Attacked Democratic Go. Tony EVERS Over A Memo Sent to State Employees That Provided Instructures on How to Interact with Us Immigration and Customs Enformments Authorites who Visit State Buildings.
State Employees, Tiffany Said, Should now “Think Twice” Before Following Such Guidance.
On Friday, a group of Protesters Gathered Outside the Feder COURTHOUSE In Download Centaw Some Held Signs That Read, “Justuice 4 All All” and “Judge Arrest = Trump Guilt.”
At the end, Protesters Linked Arms and Stood in Front of the Courseouse Doors and Vowed to Return.
Dugan Access of Assisting Undocumented Defendant Facing Misdemeanor Charges
The Complaint Says Federal Officials Used BIMETICICICICRINT Comparisons to See that Flores -ruiz, Who Was Set to Appeary Before Dugan on April 18, Had Been Deported from the United Stats in 2013.
A day later, Six Members of the Milwaukee Ice Task Force Dressed in Plain Clots and Went to the County Courseous to Arrest Flores -ruiz at About 8 AM, The Complaint Says. They are information in Dugan’s Courtroom that they playing the arrest, Agreeing to wait to do so united after his Court Apparance.
A clerk notified DUGAN that it applyed ice ages was watching in the Hallway Outside Her Courtroom.
“Judge Dugan Became Visibly Angry, Commented that Situlation Was ‘Absurd,’ LEFT The Bench, and Enact Chambers,” The Complaint SAID.
According to the Complaint, Dugan Confronted Members of the Arrest Team While “Visibly Upset and HAD A Confrontiational, Angry Demeanor.” She Told the Group MEMBERS They Need A Judicial Warrant, Not Andinistrative One, and Director them to Report to Chief Judge Carl Ashley’s Office.
Who this was going on, the bayiff informed the arrest team-which incubed ice, fbi and drug enforcement age Officiations-that DUGAN Had Expeeded Flores-Ruiz’s Case. Witnesses Told Federal Authorries that she had “Forcefully Motioned” for the Defendant and his attorney to exit through To the public Area Outside the Courtroom.
A dea Agent then Saw Flores-ruiz and his Attorney Get on An Elevator, and He Got on it with them, notifying others on the Arrest Team What Was Happing. Flores-Ruiz Got off
“A Foot Chase Ensud,” The Complaint SAID. “The Agents Pursied Flores-URUIZ For The Entire Length of the Courtousse and Ultimately Apprenededd his Near The Interestility of W. State Street and 10th Street. Flores-rus was HandCuffed and Detained. “
Records Show Flores-Ruiz Was Charmed April 24 by Federal Authorites with Illegal Re-Entry InTo The United States.
In An Feder COURT APERANCE The Same Day, Flores-Ruiz’s Federral Attorny Marty Pruhs Said A Judge Assisted His Client and that Flores-Ruiz Was Acting on the Advice of HIS State Attorney. Minutes from the Court Heid Said Flores-Ruiz, who has been been working as a cook, has been living in Milwaukee for About 12 years.
Flores-Ruiz is listed as being in XE CUSTDY at Dodge Detente Facility in Junau, According to the Feder Online Detaine Locator System.
That arrest marked at the least the trick time in recent Months that federal iMMIGration Agents have come to the country with Arrest Warrants. In March and Early April, Two People Were Arrested by ICE Officials in the Hallways of the Courthouse.
Records show that Dugan Had 25 Cases on the Morning of April 18. Flores-Ruiz’s Case was set for 8:30 AM
According to his Criminal Complaint, Flores-Ruiz is Charged with Three Couns of Misdemeanor Battery. The Charges Include Modifiers for Domestic Violence that could subject his to additional punishment if he is convicted.
The case stemed from a figh on on march 12 Between Two Roommates at a home on the 3900 Block of West VLIET Street. No One Answered the Door when the Journal Sentinel Visited his Residence April 23.
The Criminal Complaint SAID A Fight Occurred after Flores-Ruiz Was Account of Playing Music Too Loudly in the Home. The Complaint Alleges Flores-Ruiz Punched Another Person 30 Times, then Struck a Woman WhO TOK to Break up the Meee.
Each of the Three Class A Misdemeanors Has a Maximum Penalty of Nine Months in Jail and A $ 10,000 Fine.
Dugan Was Elected to Branch 31 of the Circuit Court in 2016 by Knocking of Appointe of Republican gov. Scott Walker. Her Judicial Term Expires in 2028.
(This Story was updated to add a photo gallery.)
