Milwaukee Judge Arrested for Allegedly Aiding Undocumented Immigrant in Evading Arrest

Federal authorities detained Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on Friday morning after making claims that she had tried to avoid imprisonment in her court as an illegal refugee.

Dugan was detained at the Milwaukee County Courthouse at around 8 a.m., according to Brady McCarron, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C. She is currently being held in captivity in the federal government.

According to Forbes, Dugan was arrested last week in connection with a national investigation into whether Dugan hampered an immigration enforcement proceeding involving Latino national Eduardo Flores Ruiz, who was in her court on April 18 for a pre-trial hearing involving three misdemeanor battery charges.

FBI Director Kash Patel wrote in a now-deleted post on X ( previously Twitter ):
According to Patel, the FBI has just a week’s worth of data that showed Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration imprisonment operation led to the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on charges of blockage.

We think Judge Dugan purposefully omitted Eduardo Flores Ruiz, the person who was being detained in her courthouse, to get federal agents to avoid the arrest, allowing the person, an illegitimate alien, to flee.

Patel even claimed that Flores Ruiz is currently being held by the FBI.

Chief Judge Carl Ashley acknowledged the event in an email sent to court officers, and several Milwaukee County courts confirmed the arrest took place at the court.

Dugan declined to comment on the ongoing research when contacted in her court on April 24. The person she is accused of aiding, according to authorities, is Flores Ruiz, despite the fact that no formal details have been made. The 30-year-old is officially listed as being in ICE prison at the Dodge Detention Facility in Juneau, according to the national online inmate locator system.

Federal authorities were looking into Dugan’s involvement in the incarceration activity, according to a report from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel this week. Additionally, the source cited sources who claimed Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) agents arrived at the courthouse on April 18 with an arrest warrant for Flores Ruiz.

Chief Judge Ashley confirmed that ICE officials were present at the court that day in an email to other courts. When agents allegedly entered Flores Ruiz’s court and then proceeded to the main court’s office, Dugan allegedly directed them to avert the agents by escorting them through a side door, a secret hallway, and a open area on the fifth floor.

Beyond Patel’s deleted post, the FBI has not yet released a formal common statement. The research is still pending.