FBI Arrests Judge Who Blocked ICE From Detaining Immigrant in Her Courtroom
The arrest signals that Trump is “ramping up a campaign of intimidation against the judicial branch,” one critic noted.
By
Chris Walker ,
TruthoutPublishedApril 25, 2025
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On Friday morning, FBI Director Kash Patel announced on X that the FBI had arrested a state judge in Wisconsin, allegedly over her efforts to keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents out of her courtroom while she was adjudicating a case involving an immigrant they were targeting.
Patel bragged about the arrest on social media,
then deleted the post, which claimed there was evidence of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan “obstructing an immigration arrest operation” on April 18.
“We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be,” Patel wrote.
