US EditionHannah Dugan trial: Judges testify there was no court policy on ICE arrests
The defense began with four witnesses amid claims of no official policy barring ICE arrests; the jury will deliberate obstruction charges against Judge Hannah Dugan.
- On April 18, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan directed Eduardo Flores-Ruiz and his attorney out a staff-only door into a non-public hallway, and prosecutors say Flores-Ruiz briefly eluded ICE before being arrested outside.
- Milwaukee County Chief Judge Carl Ashley testified he omitted hallway-arrest language from his draft policy and confirmed no official policy governed ICE arrests in courthouse hallways.
- Court staff described their reactions, noting Alan Freed testified he called an ICE agent `a fascist`, and Mercedes de la Rosa said she was `being scared and freaked out` in the hallway, while audio played for jurors captured Dugan saying `down the stairs`.
- Federal prosecutors rested on Dec. 17 after calling 19 witnesses over three days, and U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman denied the defense motion, setting closings for Dec. 18.
- Dugan faces charges that carry up to six years and a $350,000 fine, and the case has thrust Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan into a national clash over ICE courthouse enforcement.
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The attorney for a Wisconsin county judge accused of helping an immigrant evade federal authorities issued a dire plea to jurors hearing the "unprecedented trial," urging them to act as a check on government "overreach" — and warning it goes "all the way to the top."Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County ...
Judge Hannah Dugan's illegal immigrant escape case heads to jury for ruling
The obstruction charges against Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan are in the hands of a federal jury after the four-day trial in the illegal immigrant escape case concluded in a federal court on Thursday. The 12-person jury will decide whether to find Dugan guilty on two obstruction charges after she allegedly helped an illegal immigrant and his lawyer evade federal immigration officers by letting them exit her courtroom out of a non-p…
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