Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The trial for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan began Monday, with prosecutors playing audio of the judge saying she'll "get the heat" by showing an undocumented defendant how to leave her courtroom to avoid immigration officials.
Dugan pleaded not guilty earlier this year to federal charges including one count of obstructing and official proceeding and concealing a person from arrest and another of concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest.
The case stems from an incident on April 18, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials came to her courtroom and notified her they planned to arrest undocumented immigrant Eduardo Flores-Ruiz. They said she sent the agents to the chief judge's office before going back to her courtroom, pushing Flores-Ruiz's case to the front of her docket, then helped him and his lawyer leave from a private jury door.
The ICE agents ultimately found and arrested Flores-Ruiz.
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