Hannah Dugan faced calls to resign from state Republicans amid threats to impeach her if she did not
The Wisconsin judge convicted of obstruction for helping an immigrant evade federal officers has resigned.
Hannah Dugan was convicted on 19 December and faced calls to resign from state Republicans, who threatened to impeach her if she did not.
Dugan, who served nine years as a Milwaukee county circuit court judge, received national attention when immigration authorities tried to arrest Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, who is undocumented, attending a hearing in her courtroom. The judge confronted FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents waiting outside the room to arrest Flores-Ruiz and directed them to the chief judge’s office, according to an indictment.
While the agents were gone, Dugan told Flores-Ruiz’s attorney that his client could attend his next hearing via Zoom and led them through a private jury door. Agents spotted Flores-Ruiz and arrested him after a foot chase. He was later sentenced to time served for illegally re-entering the United States and deported.
