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Judge accused of helping immigrant dodge ICE agents found guilty of obstruction

a woman in a black coat and carrying a red handbag walks on a sidewalk as another woman and man walk behind her
Wisconsin-based Judge Hannah Dugan arrives for the first day of her trial in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday. Photograph: Sara Stathas/Reuters

A jury has found a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal authorities guilty of obstruction, in a closely watched case that brought Donald Trump’s anti-immigration agenda into the spotlight.

Federal prosecutors had charged Milwaukee county circuit judge Hannah Dugan with obstruction, a felony, and concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor, in April, in an unusual case amid Trump’s immigration crackdown in the US president’s second term.

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