As reported at The Hill, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was found guilty of obstruction in aiding an illegal of avoiding federal officers at the Milwaukee County Courthouse. She faces up to five years in prison for obstruction charges.
A Wisconsin judge was found guilty late Thursday
Obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal authorities after learning of his imminent arrest but acquitted of concealing him.
After six hours of deliberation, dragging into the night, a jury returned a split verdict against Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan.
She faces up to five years in prison for obstruction, the more serious of the charges, though first-time offenders rarely receive the harshest punishment.
Prosecutors claimed that Dugan sought to block Eduardo Flores-Ruiz’s arrest for being in the U.S. without permanent legal status, guiding him out a back door of her courtroom after learning a federal immigration task force planned to take him into custody at the Milwaukee County Courthouse.