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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal grand jury indicts Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan in ICE case
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2025/05/13/milwaukee-judge-hannah-dugan-federal-grand-jury/83459305007/A federal grand jury indicted Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan May 13 after a daylong hearing on charges she tried to help an undocumented immigrant escape arrest last month.
The two-page indictment accuses Dugan, 66, of obstructing a U.S. agency and concealing an individual to prevent an arrest. The two charges carry a maximum penalty of six years in prison and a $350,000 fine, but sentences in cases involving nonviolent offenses typically are shorter.
Dugan was indicted after a string of witnesses entered the historic federal courthouse in downtown Milwaukee throughout the day May 13 to testify before the grand jury.
Like most know... you can indict anyone, even the proverbial ham sandwich.
Let's see if it makes it to trial... and what the Jury thinks.
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Federal grand jury indicts Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan in ICE case (Original Post)
WarGamer
May 2025
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Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan has filed a motion to dismiss, saying judicial acts are immune from prosecution
LetMyPeopleVote
May 2025
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a kennedy
(35,297 posts)1. Is she still in custody ???
and seriously WTAF??? Who is coming to her defense??? Oh my gawd this just makes me sick. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬
WarGamer
(18,249 posts)2. no, she was released the day she was arrested.
a kennedy
(35,297 posts)3. Thank you......
Tickle
(4,131 posts)4. She's suspended from
doing any judery. If that is word. It should be 🤷
SheltieLover
(76,798 posts)5. She has a bunch of kick ass attorneys!
Sorry no link, but there was a post a few days ago that made me smile.
LetMyPeopleVote
(174,959 posts)7. Paul Clement Joins Arrested Milwaukee Judge's Legal Team
Clement will have fun with this weak case
Link to tweet
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/paul-clement-joins-arrested-milwaukee-judges-legal-team
Conservative litigator Paul Clement has joined the legal team representing Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan (D), who was arrested last week for allegedly helping a migrant evade federal immigration officers.
Clement, whos participated in more than 100 US Supreme Court arguments, is joining a defense anchored by Steven M. Biskupic, the former US Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Together, the two Wisconsin natives will take on lawyers from Biskupics former office. Theyre joined by lawyers from Milwaukee firms Mastantuono Coffee & Thomas SC and Gimbel Reilly Guerin & Brown.
Clement, the former US Solicitor General known for representing conservative causes and groups such as the National Rifle Association, didnt immediately respond to a request for comment.
He is representing WilmerHale, which is suing the Trump administration over an executive order targeting the firm. His representation is one a several high-profile rebuffs to the administrations executive orders seeking to reign in international law firms the president perceives as political foes.
Federal prosecutors allege Dugan concealed an unlawful migrant and obstructed officers when she allegedly steered the manwho was present for a hearing on domestic violence chargesand his lawyer into a private hallway, away from officers seeking to arrest him. Dugan, who was re-elected to a six-year term in 2022, faces up to six years in prison, prosecutors said during her initial appearance Friday before Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Dries.
Clement, whos participated in more than 100 US Supreme Court arguments, is joining a defense anchored by Steven M. Biskupic, the former US Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Together, the two Wisconsin natives will take on lawyers from Biskupics former office. Theyre joined by lawyers from Milwaukee firms Mastantuono Coffee & Thomas SC and Gimbel Reilly Guerin & Brown.
Clement, the former US Solicitor General known for representing conservative causes and groups such as the National Rifle Association, didnt immediately respond to a request for comment.
He is representing WilmerHale, which is suing the Trump administration over an executive order targeting the firm. His representation is one a several high-profile rebuffs to the administrations executive orders seeking to reign in international law firms the president perceives as political foes.
Federal prosecutors allege Dugan concealed an unlawful migrant and obstructed officers when she allegedly steered the manwho was present for a hearing on domestic violence chargesand his lawyer into a private hallway, away from officers seeking to arrest him. Dugan, who was re-elected to a six-year term in 2022, faces up to six years in prison, prosecutors said during her initial appearance Friday before Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Dries.
SheltieLover
(76,798 posts)8. Well, well, isn't this an interesting development?
TY for sharing this!
LetMyPeopleVote
(174,959 posts)6. Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan has filed a motion to dismiss, saying judicial acts are immune from prosecution
This is a fun filing because is cited the SCOTUS trump immunity case
Link to tweet

Here is a link to the filing
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wied.111896/gov.uscourts.wied.111896.15.0.pdf