FBI Director Kash Patel said Friday in a
since-deleted post that his agency had arrested a Milwaukee judge who allegedly tried to help an undocumented defendant avoid arrest.
Why it matters: Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, was arrested on charges of obstruction of an immigration arrest operation, Patel's post said.
- Axios is reaching out to the FBI for clarity on the situation.
Driving the news: "We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest."
- Patel added that Flores Ruiz is also in the FBI's custody.
Catch up quick: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported this week that the FBI was looking into whether Dugan tried to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after that person was scheduled to appear in her courtroom last week.
- In an email to judges, Chief Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Carl Ashley said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on April 18 with an arrest warrant, according to the Journal Sentinel.
- Ashley's note didn't mention Dugan or an FBI investigation into her conduct.
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