FBI Arrests Milwaukee Judge for Allegedly Obstructing Immigration Arrest
I wish people would stop treating the judiciary as untouchable.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced that agents had arrested Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly obstructing an immigration arrest last week.
Patel wrote on X:
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.
Thankfully our agents chased down the perp on foot and he’s been in custody since, but the Judge’s obstruction created increased danger to the public.
Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week.
We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be…
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) April 25, 2025
I wish people would stop treating the judiciary as untouchable.
Hold all three branches of government accountable. From the charging complaint:
The courtroom deputy also made a comment about Judge DUGAN “pushing” Flores-Ruiz’s case through, which the arrest team interpreted to mean that Judge DUGAN was attempting to expedite Flores-Ruiz’s hearing.
Multiple witnesses have described their observations after Judge DUGAN returned to her courtroom after directing members of the arrest team to the Chief Judge’s office. For example, the courtroom deputy recalled that upon the courtroom deputy’s return to the courtroom, defense counsel for Flores-Ruiz was talking to the clerk, and Flores-Ruiz was seated in the jury box, rather than in the gallery. The courtroom deputy believed that counsel and the clerk were having an off-the-record conversation to pick the next court date. Defense counsel and Flores-Ruiz then walked toward each other and toward the public courtroom exit. The courtroom deputy then saw Judge DUGAN get up and heard Judge DUGAN say something like “Wait, come with me.” Despite having been advised of the administrative warrant for the arrest of Flores-Ruiz, Judge DUGAN then escorted Flores-Ruiz and his counsel out of the courtroom through the “jury door,” which leads to a nonpublic area of the courthouse.
WHOA. If this is true…that’s not good:
These events were also unusual for two reasons. First, the courtroom deputy had previously heard Judge DUGAN direct people not to sit in the jury box because it was exclusively for
the jury’s use. Second, according to the courtroom deputy, only deputies, juries, court staff, and in-custody defendants being escorted by deputies used the back jury door. Defense attorneys and defendants who were not in custody never used the jury door.
A person identified as Attorney B corroborated the courtroom deputy’s story:
Attorney B similarly explained that after returning to the courtroom, Judge DUGAN forcefully motioned for Flores-Ruiz’s attorney and a male she did not know (Attorney B had never met Flores-Ruiz) to approach. Flores-Ruiz’s attorney appeared to be confused by the judge’s gesture but complied with her directive. Judge DUGAN commanded Flores-Ruiz’s attorney and the male to leave through a backdoor of the courtroom. Attorney B then saw Judge DUGAN escort Flores-Ruiz’s attorney and the male through a non-public door near the courtroom’s jury box. Shortly thereafter, Judge DUGAN came back to the courtroom and conducted hearings on that morning’s docket. Later that morning, Attorney B realized that Flores Ruiz’s case had never been called and asked the court about it. Attorney B learned that Flores Ruiz’s case had been adjourned. This happened without Attorney B’s knowledge or participation, even though Attorney B was present in court to handle Flores-Ruiz’s case on behalf of the state, and even though victims were present in the courtroom.
A Victim Witness Specialist (VWS) also told agents that Dugan exited through the jury door with Flores-Ruiz and the Hispanic woman.
The action worried the VW since “Flores-Ruiz’s case had not yet been called, and the victims were waiting.”
Attorney C also watched Dugan “direct two individuals, a man and a woman, to leave through the jury door.” He described Dugan using “a ‘stern’ tone.”
DEA Agent B saw Flores-Ruiz and his attorney in the hallway. This agent and DEA Agent A witnessed the two “walk briskly towards the elevator bank on the south end of the sixth floor.”
The FBI agent said “the south elevators are not the closest elevators to Courtroom 615, and therefore it appears that Flores-Ruiz and his counsel elected not to use the closest elevator bank to Courtroom 615.”
It’s almost as if someone told them not to use the elevator closest to the courtroom. WEIRD.
From USA Today:
Dugan, 65, is scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Dries at 10:30 a.m. April 25 on the second floor of the Federal Courthouse in downtown Milwaukee, according to two federal sources.
Brady McCarron, spokesman for U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., confirmed Dugan was arrested at about 8 a.m. at the Milwaukee County Courthouse and is in federal custody.
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Multiple Milwaukee County judges confirmed that the arrest took place at the courthouse. Chief Judge Carl Ashley confirmed the incident in an email to courthouse officials.
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YES!!!!!
Does anyone remember the exact same thing happening in 2019?
Female judge takes illegal out of courthouse by staff only exit to avoid immigration arrest?
Charges dropped by Biden administration
In that case she claimed that she was unaware that ICE was looking for the defendant. All she knew (she said) was that ICE was in the building, and this guy was nervous about running into them, so she helped him out by letting him use a private exit.
In this case she knew ICE was there with an administrative warrant for his arrest. She felt free to ignore it because it wasn’t a judicial warrant. Now she’s learning otherwise.
Note that neither Massachusetts nor Wisconsin are sanctuary states. In the 40 years or so that sanctuary cities/states have been operating, there have been zero cases of officers of such places behaving like this.
Can we get the mugshot?
Unfortunately no, unless she misses her appearance and they issue a warrant for her arrest. FedGov generally only releases mugshots/prison photos in cases of wanted fugitives.
The FOIA the mugshot and release it to the public. Problem solved.
Not a lawyer, but I believe federal law enforcement is generally exempt from FOIA requests until after the case has been exhausted, legally. This is why conservative media outlets have had difficulty getting their hands on most of the Epstein files; Maxwell still has an appeal pending.
You don’t want to see her picture unless you are prepared to buy a new keyboard.
I was foolish enough to pull it up on ballotpedia. She looks like William H. Macy in a brown wig.
FINALLY!!!
Here you go: it’s a campaign picture from “Superior Blue/project.
https://www.superior.blue/project/hannah-dugan/
Those don’t even look like the same person.
One looks like Germany’s Marshmallow Minister; the other, like Lily Tomlin on meth.
Massachusetts Judge Shelley Joseph arrested in 2019.
Charges dropped by Biden D O J
Deny her bail and keep her in jail until her trial, just like the J6.
That’s the new rules.
Considering the nature of the crime she is accused of; obstruction to assist an Alien elude his own arrest, she’s definitely a flight risk. If she’s willing to assist others to evade/elude then there’s a strong presumption she would do the same for her own situation. No listening to whining about age, sex or other appeal to any sort of victim status by this individual to avoid maximum consequences.
More of this, please.
Dhimmi-crat activists, masquerading as “judges,” have been playing games like this for a long time, violating the law, their judicial obligations and Professional Conduct Codes, for a long time, with impunity.
She is now a martyr to the cause. Illegal settlers/colonists/invaders forever!
Oh and make her jail mate a transwoman please.
She needs to be convicted as I suspect that would end her career as a judge.
She should be impeached and removed from the bench by whatever process is available in Wisconsin. That would end her career whether or not she’s convicted of the federal crime.
Good, about time the judiciary was held accountable for their actions. And if she did indeed obstruct federal officials from doing their jobs she needs to be removed from the bench.
But of course, I’m sure our resident legal expert, Milhouse, will come along and tell us all how that judge’s cannot be arrested for their actions while in court and blah, blah, blah. You know, the usual nonsense.
Quick google : “Yes, lying to the FBI is generally a crime under federal law. Specifically, 18 U.S. Code § 1001 makes it a felony to knowingly and willfully make false statements or representations to a federal agency. This applies even if you’re not under oath or if the statement isn’t about a serious crime, according to the ACLU and Oberheiden P.C”
As a SC justice recently said both the executive AND the judicial branch need to obey the law.
OC I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for one judge to sentence a brother judge for law breaking if he can find an excuse not to. The perp in question is 65 so a “retire now so as not to go to jail” ie a Biden reduced capacity defense result is a possible result.
It is honest straight up lying to an FBI agent in pursuit of his duty – as opposed to under the Previous FBI leadership where they famously would finangle an apparent memory lapse into perjury if the person asked a question was the incorrect party affiliation.
We don’t know that she lied to any federal agents. From what I’ve been able to glean, when they approached her, she ‘directed’ them to the Chief Judge’s office. If all she said was something such as “go wait for me there, I’ll talk to you later,” that’s not a lie.
There are, however, multiple witnesses confirming that she 1) had Flores-Ruiz sit in the jury box (rather than somewhere a defendant would be) and 2) personally escorted Flores-Ruiz and his defense attorney out through an ‘authorized personnel only’ door. She also apparently ‘adjourned’ the trial without bothering to tell the prosecuting attorney or the victim support person (who was there with some of Flores-Ruiz’ victims). She definitely obstructed the arrest. Even worse, she used her power and authority as an officer of the court to do so.
Go **** yourself, match boy. You’re full of sh*t and not worth responding to.
Please…no plea bargain on this one.
Well then, perhaps this is a good example of why ICE enforcement officials should not inform the court(s) of their presence and simply put plainclothes officials both in the courtroom and at any exits the illegal alien might be directed to use.
This is a good idea. But, it might be difficult to implement because of the courthouse security. If the feds wanted someone in the courtroom ‘undercover’, that agent couldn’t be armed (because of the magnetometers).
It would be a good idea, however, to put an agent in the courtroom apart from the ICE detention team. They can inform where the alien is sent before the team reaches the courtroom. And, if the judge is present, you now have eyewitness testimony of the aiding and abetting and can arrest them on the spot. THAT might get some attention from folks.
When will the violation of oath arrests of Congress critters begin?
My desire for popcorn just spiked.
“My desire for popcorn just spiked.”
So did the stock market futures. So get it while it’s still warm.
Butter is still reasonable since reporters have stopped trying to butter up the president in press conferences..
There’s no such thing. “Violation of oath” is not a crime.
If anyone is curious, the judge looks EXACTLY like you think she looks.
So, what’s the under/over on the Republicans never losing an important election again? If elections don’t go your way, you just to arrest the state officials responsible for elections for stealing elections!
Really, you went THERE?
Trump 2.0’s re-election is the only recent important election I can recall where a remarkable last-minute surge in a close election didn’t go all the way of the (D) candidate.
It’s no coincidence that (D)s are willing to take the utterly racist stance that minorities are too stupid to be expected to obtain IDs for voting despite them being free if you’re poor and required for everyday access to both the regular economy AND obtaining benefits for The Poor.
If someone writes you a check but doesn’t want you to call the bank to confirm it’s kosher it’s a red flag. As is claiming no voter fraud exists while fighting tooth and nail to oppose confirming a vote is kosher.
You’ve just proven my point. It doesn’t matter if there is no actual evidence that can hold up to scrutiny, all elections that don’t go your way are deemed “stolen” anyway, and the threat of arrests would arise therefrom.
Project much?
Hillary STILL thinks she lost because that election was “stolen”.
Madame Pelosi STILL thinks Trump election v1..0 was stolen and wasn’t hesitant at all to repeatedly proclaim so while partaking in a Brit college debate a few years back.
Because it makes SO MUCH sense that tens of thousands of Russian money spent on fake social media postings – which btw attacked both candidates too – overpowered the tens of millions (D)s spent on fake social media and fake mainstream media attacking Trump.
Russians supposedly spent $40K on an online campaign that was so effective it threw the election to Trump. If that were remotely true, every campaign manager in the world would be examining the Russians’ methods of so effectively and efficiently securing an election. But I’m pretty sure no such investigations were conducted because the very idea that a mere 40K spent on an Internet presence that went largely unseen had anything to do with anyone’s loss or victory is entirely absurd.
Besides projecting the recent (D) propensity to want to jail political opposition – you’re sidestepping and avoiding the actual main thrust of (R) and independent election validation goals. Wanting to ensure legal voters ARE legal voters is a goal someone not invested in stealing elections should support.
But I don’t care what you think, Margaret.
Huh? What has that got to do with this case, where the judge committed an actual crime?
Reportedly, when arrested, she was so surprised that she almost choked on her bubble gum.
In 1820, Jefferson wrote:
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-16-02-0234
Something we should all remember.
Make the judiciary accountable to whom?
Supposedly the American people but they have sat with thumbs in their asses as their society collapses. Congress? An even larger cesspool of criminals and scam artists, that’s supposed to be held accountable by the “captured” judiciary?
I’m starting to question the title of this blog. When does the insurrection start because it sounds like we’re in a rigged game
Seymour, Seymour, Seymour- you disappoint me (and I suspect most of the others here).
Haven’t you paid ANY attention to the work that Professor Jacobson has been doing for years now? He has fought the good fight during the darkest years of the Obama and Biden administrations. He has indeed led the insurrection and I believe we wouldn’t be where we are (holding officials accountable) without him.
Did the Agency toss the judge’s panty drawer? It’s not a real raid unless it’s a Panty Raid.
Did you see her photo? The Agency actually did encounter her panty drawer, but mistook it for tarpaulin storage.
Why hasn’t the Chief Judge suspended her pending the outcome of her case, and referred her to whatever entity oversees the ethics of judges? How can she, in good conscience, rule on others’ cases when she obeys whatever law she thinks is appropriate and violates the others?
Because this is Leftist Wisconsin where government officials yearn for their own Laverentiy Beria to keep the proles in line BAMN. This includes Chief Judges and any entities dealing with judicial ethics. Keep in mind that with few exceptions, judges are all lawyers. No ponder the oxymoron “legal ethics”. Since there are no real negative sequalae for using government power to violate the law, expect more and more of it. She is a heroine to the Left.
Subotai Bahadur
“Why hasn’t the Chief Judge suspended her…?”
Probably still in shock that the threat to arrest officials who commit obstruction wasn’t a bluff.
Not a lawyer, but….
I believe the chief justice and the SCOTUS in general is merely the top higher court – they don’t have any authority to appoint or remove lower court judges, just the authority to overrule their decisions and directives. AFAIK federal judges are appointed by the president (with congressional approval) and can only be removed for cause, and only by Congress once they’re in.
She’s a state judge. She was elected in 2016 with 65% of the vote, and reelected unopposed in 2022.
The Chief Judge announced that her caseload would be handled by someone else. So she is suspended, at least for now.
Hopefully, this is the first of many!
The illegal alien was in court on a domestic violence charge. Same thing that got a restraining order against Kilmar. The Democrat Party sides with wife beaters.
8 years of Obama and 4 years of a drooling husk of a President. And I never thought to scream, shout, hunt down a demonrat to let them know I disagreed with them. I never thought about going to court rooms and identifying an illegal and calling ICE to come pick up. These liberal despots in black robes think they can violate any law that doesn’t suit them. Drag her behind in for endless questioning under oath. Send demand letters to her Chief Judge to suspend her. If they won’t, refer them to the Bar for disciplinary action.
The Bar that made Milwaukee famous.
Hopefully this is the start. Judges, DAs, AGs, and Lawyers if they break the law can be arrested and charged with laws. Also members of city, country, state, and Federal government at all levels including Congress.
courage in the face of the lefty onslaught is to be admired
Perform stupid tricks, win stupid prizes!
Hard to believe how many view this judge as a hero and that people should get away with publicly breaking the law. Another Great Divide to fuel Civil War 2.0.
Wonderful.
Part of legit Civil Obedience is being able to take the consequences. She did the crime, she should do the time,