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From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A federal grand jury indicted Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan on May 13 on charges that she tried to assist an undocumented immigrant escape arrest from her courtroom last month, putting her at the center of the growing dispute between President Donald Trump and the judiciary.
The two-page indictment accuses Dugan, 66, of obstructing a U.S. agency and concealing an individual to prevent an arrest. The two charges carry a maximum penalty of six years in prison and a $350,000 fine, but sentences in cases involving nonviolent offenses typically are much shorter.
Dugan is expected to enter a plea at a May 15 hearing. But members of her defense team issued this statement: “As she said after her unnecessary arrest, Judge Dugan asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court.”
The indictment came after a string of witnesses entered the federal courthouse throughout the day on May 13 to testify before the grand jury.
Dugan was suspended from her judicial duties two weeks ago, for her efforts to try to help an illegal alien criminal escape federal ICE agents.
View the indictment below:
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan indicted by federal grand jury by Carly Ortiz-Lytle
Eduardo Flores Ruiz, 30, appeared before Judge Hannah Dugan for a pre-trial conference on April 18 at 8:30 a.m. on three misdemeanor counts of battery. He is accused of getting into a fight with a roommate and punching the person 30 times in the face. He then allegedly hit a woman who tried to break up the fight.
Dugan, a Democrat, is accused of allowing Ruiz and his attorney to leave through a side door in the courtroom, directing them down a private hallway, effectively sneaking them past the ICE agents who were waiting to arrest him after the court hearing.
The agents then had to chase the illegal alien down on the streets and were finally able to apprehend him.
This is the criminal illegal alien that the Milwaukee Circuit judge attempted to shield from justice. He has a laundry list of violent criminal charges including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and domestic abuse. Ruiz illegally entered the US twice.
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— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) April 25, 2025
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— Journal Sentinel (@journalsentinel) May 13, 2025
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