FBI arrests Wisconsin Judge Dugan for obstruction, escalates Trump immigration enforcement effort

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Last edited Fri Apr 25, 2025, 12:22 PM - Edit history (3)

Source: CNBC

Published Fri, Apr 25 2025 10:37 AM EDT Updated 4 Min Ago


Federal agents arrested a Wisconsin judge on Friday after she allegedly helped an undocumented immigrant evade arrest, FBI Director Kash Patel said.

Patel announced in an X post that Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan has been charged with obstruction for allegedly assisting Eduardo Flores Ruiz in avoiding arrest after he appeared in her courtroom last week.

A U.S. Marshals Service spokeswoman confirmed to CNBC that Dugan was arrested at about 8:30 a.m. local time on courthouse property. Dugan is in custody pending her planned presentment later Friday in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee on the obstruction charge, a senior law enforcement official told NBC News.

Milwaukee County Circuit Court Chief Judge Carl Ashley told NBC that the judicial code of conduct restricts him from commenting on the matter, but said Dugan’s court calendar “will be covered by another judge as needed.”

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/fbi-arrest-judge-hannah-dugan-milwaukee.html

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Patel says FBI arrested Wisconsin judge, Trump immigration enforcement effort escalates


Published Fri, Apr 25 2025 10:37 AM EDT Updated 14 Min Ago


Federal agents on Friday arrested a judge in Wisconsin on obstruction charges after she allegedly helped an undocumented immigrant evade arrest, FBI Director Kash Patel said.

Patel made the announcement in an X post, which was quickly deleted. The FBI did not immediately respond to requests for comment on why the post was removed.

Patel wrote that the FBI believes Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan "intentionally misdirected federal agents away" from Eduardo Flores Ruiz as agents were attempting to arrest him at her courthouse last week.

"Thankfully our agents chased down the perp on foot and he's been in custody since, but the Judge's obstruction created increased danger to the public," Patel said in the post.

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Federal agents on Friday arrested a judge in Wisconsin on obstruction charges after she allegedly helped an undocumented immigrant evade arrest, FBI Director Kash Patel announced.

Patel wrote on X that the FBI believes Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan "intentionally misdirected federal agents away" from Eduardo Flores Ruiz as agents were attempting to arrest him at her courthouse.

"Thankfully our agents chased down the perp on foot and he's been in custody since, but the Judge's obstruction created increased danger to the public," Patel wrote.

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[2naSalit]

1. Headline doesn't match story...

[BumRushDaShow]

2. I was having a huge GLITCH when trying to post

It didn't even look like it had posted at all.

Will update because CNBC changes a lot like AP.

[mahina]

4. ((BRDS)))

Thank you for all you do for us BRDS. Aloha

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Most welcome!

I was banging my mouse platform in frustration because I thought this didn't post as I couldn't find the thread showing up and the tab with the post had jumped to the end of the row (an apparent Firefox bug), where the form was displaying as blank.

Must be a New Moon coming up.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

19. that was me mooning 45/47/...

him and his room temperature IQ.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. Well there were 2 planets nearby

to help you form a "smiley face" this morning, but they might not have been aligned just right... so...

[mimitabby]

3. link

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/25/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.CU8.BRlF.O3qEk-BjAakE&smid=url-share

[republianmushroom]

5. FBI Director Deletes Tweet Announcing Arrest Of Judge

For Allegedly Helping Immigrant 'Evade Arrest'



https://www.mediaite.com/tv/fbi-director-deletes-tweet-announcing-arrest-of-judge-for-allegedly-helping-immigrant-evade-arrest/

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220268444

[LymphocyteLover]

21. These people are so lame and evil at the same time

Hopefully their incompetence leads to their downfall

[moonshinegnomie]

6. ive heard both they had a warrant and they didnt have one

if they had a valid warrant and she helped him escape it a legit arrest. if not then arrest everyone from the FBI involved starting with patel

[somsai]

23. they had an administrative warrant not a judicial

administrative is good for public spaces, judicial allows entry to privates space. The guy had beaten his roomates bad enough the day before to put them in the hospital, big guy. Warrants were for previous removal orders in 13 I think. There are many witnesses, deputies, other lawyers, probably video, I doubt the facts will be disputed.

[mtngirl47]

8. Warning to John Roberts

Defy the king you created and face your own arrest

[orangecrush]

15. THIS

[Ponietz]

9. ICE arrested another judge yesterday in Las Cruces, NM for assisting Venezuelans

Cano, the judge, had already resigned and was permanently barred by the NM Supreme Court.

https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/new-mexico-judges-wife-in-ice-custody-following-alleged-tren-de-aragua-member-investigation]

A former New Mexico judge and his wife were arrested on Thursday, April 24, after federal law enforcement learned that their tenant, who is an alleged Tren de Aragua gang member, was arrested at the judge’s home.

Former Doña Ana County Magistrate Joel Cano and his wife, Nancy Cano, were taken into custody at a home on North Reymond Street in Las Cruces, Jason T. Stevens, special agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) El Paso, said.

[OldBaldy1701E]

10. Yup.

Nothing to see here... move along citizen...

[SpankMe]

11. ...then, they came for the judges... n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

12. If the arrest/detainment is unlawful/illegal, how can it be "obstruction"?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

13. The statement is puzzling to me.

Where the undocumented person is referred to as a 'perp'.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. They automatically assume anyone in the country "without papers" is a "criminal" just by being here.

(from their perspective, despite the fact that many of these people were going through the process and are not "criminals" )

[Nigrum Cattus]

16. Time for jury nullification

Not guilty !
Same for Luigi

[EX500rider]

18. "Same for Luigi" So it's OK to murder someone if you don't like the company they work for?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. Maddow Blog-As FBI arrests judge in Wisconsin, AG Pam Bondi directs new threats at the judiciary

The Republican offensive against the judiciary has been unsubtle, but the Trump administration hadn’t arrested a sitting judge — until now.
https://bsky.app/profile/elizabeth11432.bsky.social/post/3lno5vyphck2c

As FBI arrests judge in Wisconsin, AG Pam Bondi directs new threats at the judiciary.
The Republican offensive against the judiciary has been unsubtle, but the Trump administration hadn’t arrested a sitting judge — until now.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/fbi-arrests-judge-wisconsin-ag-pam-bondi-directs-new-threats-judiciary-rcna203061

The Republican offensive against the courts and judges in recent months has been as subtle as a sledgehammer. The Washington Post recently summarized, for example, that the White House has pushed forward with “delegitimizing” the independent judiciary, and there’s overwhelming evidence to bolster the point.....

But the Trump administration hadn’t gone so far as to actually arrest a sitting judge — until now. NBC News reported:

The FBI arrested a county judge in Milwaukee on Friday, alleging that she obstructed the detention of an undocumented immigrant who was wanted by federal authorities on an administrative immigration warrant by escorting the man and his defense attorney though a non-public jury door. The arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan marks a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, in line with its rhetoric about going after local and state authorities on immigration-related matters.

.....Shortly after Dugan was taken into custody, Kash Patel, Trump’s highly controversial FBI director, published a tweet that effectively spiked the football. “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,” he wrote in a missive that was deleted a short time later. “Thankfully our agents chased down the perp on foot and he’s been in custody since, but the Judge’s obstruction created increased danger to the public.”

Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin didn’t quite see it that way.

“In the United States, we have a system of checks and balances and separations of power for damn good reasons,” the senator said in a statement. “The president’s administration arresting a sitting judge is a gravely serious and drastic move, and it threatens to breach those very separations of power. Make no mistake, we do not have kings in this country, and we are a democracy governed by laws that everyone must abide by. By relentlessly attacking the judicial system, flouting court orders, and arresting a sitting judge, this president is putting those basic Democratic values that Wisconsinites hold dear on the line."
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lnnprevixu2y

Link to tweet

“[Judges] are deranged, is all I can think of,” Bondi said during her 18th appearance on Fox this year. “I think some of these judges think that they are beyond and above the law, and they are not. And we’re sending a very strong message today: If you are harboring a fugitive, we don’t care who you are. ... We will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you.”.....

Through her legal counsel, Dugan issued a statement Friday afternoon that read, “Judge Hannah C. Dugan has committed herself to the rule of law and the principles of due process for her entire career as a lawyer and a judge. She has retained former United States Attorney Steven Biskupic to represent her. Judge Dugan will defend herself vigorously and looks forward to being exonerated. This will be the extent of any statements or interviews at this time.”