The trial of Judge Hannah Dugan was this week.
You may recall the case of the judge in Wisconsin who was accused of trying to help an illegal alien evade federal agents out in the hallway when the alien was appearing in Dugan’s courtroom.
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The judge had been charged with obstruction, a felony, and concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor.
An FBI agent who led the investigation testified that after agents left the corridor, she immediately moved Flores-Ruiz’s case to the top of her docket, told him that he could appear for his next hearing via Zoom and led him out the private door.
Prosecutors also played audio recordings from her courtroom in which she can be heard telling her court reporter that she’d take “the heat” for leading Flores-Ruiz out the back.
Her attorneys countered that she was trying to follow courthouse protocols that called for court employees to report any immigration agents to their supervisors and she didn’t intentionally try to obstruct the arrest team.
The defense wrapped up on Thursday, and the case was given to the jury.
It didn’t take long. After six hours, the jury came in with a guilty verdict on the obstruction charge. She was acquitted on the concealment charge.
She apparently didn’t want to stick around. She and her attorneys “left the courtroom, ducked into a side conference room, and closed the door without speaking to reporters.”
The jury had a couple of questions.
During their first house of deliberations, the jury had two questions: one about ICE regulations and who needed to be told when agents were making an arrest. The second question was if Dugan needed to know who was being arrested. [….]
The government brought in 19 witnesses, ranging from federal agents to a fellow judge. The defense called two fellow judges, a public defender and former Mayor Tom Barrett, a longtime friend. Dugan herself did not take the stand.
Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, the illegal alien, was caught despite her actions and deported in November.
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