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The Controversial Arrest of a Wisconsin Judge
How a circuit judge misdirected the FBI to avoid an arrest
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On Friday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly helping an unauthorized migrant evade arrest. Dugan was charged with “obstructing or impeding a proceeding before a department or agency of the United States” and “concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest,” as stated in a signed by Milwaukee FBI agents and unsealed on Friday.
According to the complaint, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz was charged in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with battery and domestic abuse on March 18 for an incident that allegedly occurred on March 12. Then, agents from the Department of Homeland Security and Milwaukee’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE ERO) identified Flores-Ruiz as a Mexican national who had entered the United States illegally after having been deported in 2013. ICE ERO issued a warrant for…
