Author: Staff

Questions are mounting over the criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested April 25, 2025, at the Milwaukee County Courthouse and charged with obstruction and concealing a person from federal authorities. The government alleges that Judge Dugan interfered with a planned arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on April 18, when officers attempted to detain Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a defendant scheduled for a domestic violence hearing in her courtroom. However, a detailed review of the complaint and courthouse layout has raised multiple red flags, including...

Judge Hannah Dugan, a respected Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, is at the center of a federal prosecution that legal experts and civil rights advocates are calling an alarming escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign against judicial independence. Judge Dugan pleaded not guilty at her May 15 arraignment at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Milwaukee, during which a federal magistrate set her trial date for July 21. The Federal charges against her, alleging that she helped a defendant avoid arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are unprecedented and strike at the core of constitutional protections and the balance...