


A Wisconsin judge was arrested and charged with helping an undocumented immigrant “evade arrest,” according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested on obstruction charges, Patel said Friday in a post on X that he later deleted.
“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,” Patel said in part.
The charges stem from an April 18 incident in which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials entered the Milwaukee County Courthouse with a warrant for 30-year-old Eduardo Flores Ruiz.
Ruiz, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, was in court for three counts of misdemeanor battery from a March 12 fight. The FBI alleges that Dugan helped Ruiz escape ICE custody.
“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’s post read.
The post added that there would be “more to share soon” before Patel took it down.
Sources told the Milwaukee Sentinel that Dugan directed ICE agents to Chief Judge Carl Ashley’s office, then allegedly helped Ruiz leave through a side door down a private hallway and into a public area.
Ruiz was arrested by ICE a short time later.
An attorney could not be immediately found for Dugan. She previously declined to speak to reporters about the investigation and did not say if she had hired an attorney.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.