U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel attends the annual White House Easter Egg Roll event, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. officials arrested a Wisconsin judge on Friday and charged her with helping a man in her court briefly evade immigration authorities in an escalating dispute between President Donald Trump's administration and local officials over immigration enforcement.
In a criminal complaint, the U.S. Justice Department said Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit judge, hindered the immigration agents who showed up to arrest the man without a judicial warrant outside her courtroom on April 18, and that she tried to help him evade arrest by allowing him to exit through a jury door.Agents arrested the man, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, outside the courthouse after he left with his lawyer.
