Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge Hannah Dugan is on trial in federal court on charges that she concealed a person from arrest and obstructed federal proceedings after prosecutors say she diverted Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, guided 31-year-old Eduardo Flores-Ruiz through a nonpublic courtroom door and later told a court reporter she would “take the heat” for helping him, and Wisconsin’s top court has suspended her from judicial duties.Assistant U.S. Attorney
Keith Alexander told jurors that officers were impeded, prosecutors say Dugan faces up to six years if convicted on both counts, defense attorney
Steven Biskupic says she acted following courthouse policy, U.S. District Judge
Lynn Adelman refused to dismiss the case, the Department of Homeland Security said Flores-Ruiz was deported after pleading no contest, and Republican
Tom Tiffany urged authorities to “lock her up.”