A grand jury handed down an indictment Tuesday against a federal judge who helped an illegal immigrant evade capture by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement Officials, Breitbart reported. Milwaukee Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan is facing significant fines and prison time for her antics.
Dugan was arrested last month after "concealing" Flores-Ruiz from ICE agents. According to Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, Flores-Ruiz "has a laundry list of violent criminal charges including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and domestic abuse."
The grand jury found Dugan was "obstructing a U.S. agency" when she ushered Eduardo Flores-Ruiz away from ICE officials. The defense team for the judge said Dugan will "enter a plea" during her May 15 hearing.
BREAKING: Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan indicted by a grand jury for helping an illegal escape ICE pic.twitter.com/X6xMWeW7Gy
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If convicted, Dugan could spend up to six years behind bars and pay as much as $350,000 in fines. This all stems from her decision to sneak Flores-Ruiz and his defense attorney out of the courthouse through a back jury door late last month, the Associated Press reported.
Dugan was tipped off that ICE agents were on their way, so she hurried the criminal illegal alien and his lawyer out of the door "only deputies, juries, court staff, and in-custody defendants being escorted by deputies used the back jury door," the affidavit said. "Defense attorneys and defendants who were not in custody never used the jury door," it added.
The 30-year-old who was being charged with three counts of misdemeanor domestic battery was captured by agents outside the courthouse. Just 30 minutes later, FBI Director Kash Patel announced Dugan's arrest in a post to X, formerly Twitter, the Washington Examiner reported.
"Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week. 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 wrote.
"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. We will have more to share soon. Excellent work," Patel concluded. The post was briefly taken down for an unknown reason.
According to Fox News, Dugan has maintained that she's done nothing wrong. "As she said after her unnecessary arrest, Judge Dugan asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court," her attorney said following the indictment.
However, others celebrated Dugan's indictment, like Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who stated she was "grateful" for the grand jury's decision. "She will be held accountable for that," Noem told Jesse Watters Tuesday.
"That was a great decision, coming forward, to recognize that nobody can facilitate breaking the law. We shouldn’t be able to allow that in this country, and we need to make sure that even judges are held accountable for their actions," Noem added.
Attorney General Pam Bondi similarly chided Dugan for her actions. "You cannot obstruct a criminal case. And really, shame on her. It was a domestic violence case of all cases, and she's protecting a criminal defendant over victims of crime," Bondi said.
Dugan thought she was above the law and could do whatever she felt necessary to shield an alleged criminal. Now she is facing charges for those actions, and justice will be served in the courts after all.
