The newly released video video appears to show Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan She allegedly directed an illegal immigrant defendant to leave via a private exit before speaking at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in the Milwaukee County Courthouse.
Dugan, 65, was sued last month Allegations in litigation Before US agencies and illegally concealed individual arrests.
Federal prosecutors claim that a Milwaukee Circuit Court judge personally escorted the Mexico illegal immigration and home battery suspect Eduardo Flores-Ruiz from the court in April, while the ICE agent attempted to provide a warrant.
Surveillance footage released by Milwaukee County under the request of public records appears to show Dugan wearing her black robe, facing ice media in the court corridor.
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan defends federal court
Surveillance footage released by Milwaukee County appears to show Judge Hannah Dugan face-to-face with ice media in the court corridor. (Milwaukee County)
Federal prosecutors said ICE Enforcement and Evacuation Operations (ERO) and federal partners of the federal, DEA and U.S. Customs and Border Protection are preparing to provide Flores-Ruiz in the public court corridor on April 18, and then booked in court with Dugan.
After realizing that federal officials described as a valid immigration warrant for Flores-Ruiz, Dugan allegedly told agents that they needed a judicial warrant and told them to go to the Chief Justice’s office.
Milwaukee judge was charged for helping immigrants escape ice for up to six years
Judge Hannah Dugan allegedly told agents that they needed a judicial arrest warrant and told them to go to the Chief Justice’s office. (Milwaukee County)
The Justice Department said in a press release that the agents then left their location in the corridor, Dugan allegedly chose not to hold a hearing for Flores-Ruiz and “in person” the suspect and his lawyers through a private exit, while the victims of his alleged crime were in court at the time.
Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan prosecuted on allegedly helping illegal aliens escape ice
The video footage appears to show Eduardo Flores-Ruiz leaving the court building with his attorney while the ICE agent follows him and then runs about a block next to the building, before agents capture him and arrest him. (Milwaukee County)
federal Prosecution accused Dugan “False” told federal officials in April that they needed a warrant to enter her court in a scheduled appearance by Flores-Ruiz, an undocumented Mexican national facing battery charges for three misdemeanor crimes.
The video recording seems to show Flowers When leaving the court building with his attorney, an Icefield agent followed him and ran about a block next to the building, then agents captured and arrested him.
Eduardo Flores-Ruiz and Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan. (DHS/Milwaukee is independently passed AP)
A week after the court incident, federal officials arrested Dugan.
Dugan faces a maximum sentence of six years. She has No guilty The charges filed against her. Fox News Digital has contacted her attorney, Craig Mastantuono, for comment video.
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Last month, Dugan’s legal team also filed a motion to dismiss a federal case against her, saying the judge “has entitled to judicial immunity for her formal actions.”
“The immunity is not a defense of a prosecution determined by the jury or court later; from the outset, it is the absolute standard for prosecution.”
