A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Milwaukee County choose Hannah Dugan for obstructing an ICE arrest final month.
Final month Choose Hannah Dugan was charged with two felonies, nonetheless, the fees within the grand jury indictment weren’t instantly clear.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported:
A federal grand jury indicted Milwaukee County Choose Hannah Dugan on Might 13 after a daylong listening to on prices that she tried to help an undocumented immigrant escape arrest from her courtroom final month.
Dugan, 66, was beforehand charged with obstructing a U.S. company and concealing a person to forestall an arrest. The 2 prices carry a most penalty of six years in jail and a $350,000 effective, however sentences in circumstances involving nonviolent offenses usually are a lot shorter.)
It wasn’t instantly clear what prices have been contained within the grand jury indictment.
Dugan is predicted to enter a plea at a Might 15 listening to.
The indictment got here after a string of witnesses entered the federal courthouse all through the day on Might 13 to testify earlier than the grand jury.
Final month Milwaukee County choose Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI for obstructing an ICE arrest.
In accordance with the FBI, Choose Hannah Dugan obstructed an immigration arrest operation final month. Dugan turned indignant when she came upon that ICE brokers have been ready outdoors of her courtroom final week to arrest Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, an unlawful alien concerned in a home abuse case she was overseeing. She allegedly directed Flores-Ruiz to exit the courthouse by a non-public jury door to evade arrest.
FBI Director Kash Patel mentioned Choose Dugan “deliberately misdirected federal brokers away from the topic to be arrested at her courthouse.”
US Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi mentioned Choose Dugan screamed at immigration officers final week earlier than serving to the unlawful alien evade arrest.
“The choose discovered that ICE was outdoors … She goes out within the hallway, screams on the immigration officers — she’s livid, visibly shaking, upset — sends them off to speak to the chief choose. She comes again within the courtroom … takes the defendant and the protection legal professional again in her chambers, takes them out a non-public exit and tells them to depart,” Bondi mentioned on Fox Information final month.
Choose Dugan didn’t converse to reporters as she climbed right into a automobile ready for her after her listening to final month.
Video courtesy of WISN 12 Information:
New video from our crews: Milwaukee County Choose Hannah Dugan and her legal professional leaving the federal courthouse in Milwaukee and never commenting. The FBI arrested her on the MKE Co Courthouse this morning. She’s charged with 2 felonies for obstructing an ICE arrest final week pic.twitter.com/3YtgsNHTJl
— Matt Smith (@mattsmith_news) April 25, 2025
