The FBI has arrested a Wisconsin decide for allegedly hiding an unlawful immigrant in her jury room as a way to cease that individual from being arrested by ICE, Fox News sources say.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested and charged with obstruction of an official continuing Friday morning after proof got here to gentle that she shielded the migrant from ICE brokers, in line with federal legislation enforcement sources.
Federal legislation enforcement sources inform Fox News that on April 18, federal brokers from ICE, FBI, CBP and DEA tried to arrest an undocumented male following his scheduled prison court docket look. That’s when federal legislation enforcement sources say Judge Dugan demanded that the officers proceed to the chief decide’s workplace. At that time they are saying the decide left and that the undocumented particular person’s listening to concluded and that he had shortly left the constructing.
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, pictured in 2016, has been arrested for allegedly hiding an undocumented immigrant in her jury room as a way to forestall that individual from being arrested by ICE. (Mike De Sisti / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Images, left, Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Images, high proper, Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg through Getty Images, backside proper.)
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Fox News has realized federal legislation enforcement officers consider Judge Dugan willfully redirected brokers and officers to the chief decide’s workplace so the unlawful immigrant might depart the courtroom and evade arrest.
Fox News is advised Judge Dugan will seemingly have her preliminary look in federal court docket in Milwaukee someday on Friday.
Dugan has disputed the accuracy of the stories, in line with native stories.
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Fox News Digital contacted Dugan’s workplace by cellphone on Wednesday and a employee stated the decide was in court docket and would return the decision. Fox News Digital contacted Dugan once more on Thursday and has not but obtained a response.
Several retailers reported that Chief Judge Carl Ashley despatched out an e mail to judges on the court docket about ICE’s presence, however the e mail didn’t point out something concerning the accusations surrounding Dugan.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Dugan responded to the accusations in its publication on Tuesday, writing: “Nearly every fact regarding the ‘tips’ in your email is inaccurate.”
The incident comes after two individuals have been arrested by ICE officers within the hallways of the courthouse in current weeks, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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State Rep. Bob Donovan, a Republican, addressed the accusations towards Dugan earleir this week and stated that the FBI was investigating.
“In all my years of Milwaukee politics and public safety issues, working with cops, district attorneys, and judges, I have never seen a more irresponsible act by an officer of the court, let alone a judge, if true,” Donovan stated in an announcement. “This borders on obstruction of justice and I hope the FBI continues a thorough investigation and, if warranted, prosecution to the fullest extent of the law.”
Dugan has labored with authorized help organizations and as government director of Catholic Charities up to now. She was elected to Branch 31 of the Circuit Court in 2016 and ran unopposed within the 2022 election. She primarily oversees circumstances in its misdemeanor division, in line with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
