Prosecutors charged Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan with concealing an individual to prevent arrest and obstruction.
"In this instance, it's clear [Judge Hannah Dugan] was on the side of the previously deported illegal alien who was in her court because of criminal assault on another person in the United States of America …. But she was more committed to helping him escape ICE's detention than she was concerned with protecting American citizens." "… A lot of people like her have expressed their desire to … see foreigners overrun our country. Unfortunately, we've seen that in some in the government apparatus who want to see them overrun our country so that what [California has] experienced with massive illegal immigration will be exported to the rest of the country." Abraham Hamilton III |
According to court documents, Flores-Ruiz illegally reentered the U.S. after being deported in 2013. Online state court records show he was charged with three counts of misdemeanor domestic abuse in Milwaukee County in March. He was in Dugan’s courtroom that morning of April 18 for a hearing.
Court documents suggest Dugan was alerted to the agents’ presence by her clerk, who was informed by an attorney that the agents appeared to be in the hallway. An affidavit says Dugan was visibly angry over the agents’ arrival and called the situation “absurd” before leaving the bench and retreating to her chambers. She and another judge later approached members of the arrest team in the courthouse with what witnesses described as a “confrontational, angry demeanor.”
After a back-and-forth with the agents over the warrant for Flores-Ruiz, Dugan demanded they speak with the chief judge and led them away from the courtroom, according to the affidavit.
She then returned to the courtroom and was heard saying words to the effect of “wait, come with me” and ushered Flores-Ruiz and his attorney out through a back jury door typically used only by deputies, jurors, court staff and in-custody defendants, according to the affidavit. Flores-Ruiz was free on a signature bond in the abuse case at the time, according to online state court records.
Federal agents ultimately captured him outside the courthouse after a foot chase.
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