Wisconsin Judge Convicted of Obstructing ICE Agents

A federal jury in Milwaukee convicted Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Hannah C. Dugan on Thursday of obstructing federal immigration agents during an incident at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on April 18. The 66-year-old judge, who has been on administrative leave since her arrest, faces up to five years in prison for the felony charge. She was acquitted of a misdemeanor count of concealing an individual from arrest.

The case stemmed from events in Dugan's courtroom, where she was presiding over misdemeanor cases, including one involving Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Milwaukee resident facing domestic battery charges and subject to an immigration warrant. Court officials testified that a team of six plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had entered the public hallway outside Dugan's courtroom that morning, waiting to arrest Flores-Ruiz after his state hearing.

According to testimony from federal agents and court staff, Dugan learned of the agents' presence from a clerk and left her courtroom to confront them. She appeared angry, witnesses said, and questioned their purpose before directing several agents to the office of Chief Judge Carl Ashley. FBI Special Agent...