Last week, federal agents arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly "obstructing or impeding" federal immigration enforcement and allegedly "concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest." According to FBI Director Kash Patel, "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."
Attorney General Pamela Bondi, meanwhile, characterized Dugan's arrest as a sort of warning shot fired at an overstepping judiciary. "I think some of these judges think they are beyond and above the law and they are not," Bondi declared. If "you're escorting a criminal defendant out a back door, it will not be tolerated."
Yet the criminal complaint in the case, signed by FBI Special Agent Lindsay Schloemer, paints a more complicated picture of what went down.
