Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit judge “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject” they were intending to detain at her courthouse, FBI director Kash Patel said in a post on X.
“Thankfully our agents chased down the perp on foot and he’s been in custody since, but the Judge’s obstruction created increased danger to the public,“ Patel said.
The incident has set off a torrent of criticism by Democrats and applause by some Republicans.
“We’re sending a very strong message today,“ Bondi told Fox News. “If you are harboring a fugitive, we don’t care who you are, if you are helping hide one... anyone who is illegally in this country -- we will come after you and we will prosecute you.”
Charging documents described an incident at Dugan’s courthouse last Friday during which the judge was “visibly upset and had a confrontational, angry demeanor” when federal agents came to arrest the migrant -- Eduardo Flores-Ruiz from Mexico -- who was facing misdemeanor charges.
Dugan, who was elected to the bench in 2016, appeared in court Friday before a judge in the federal courthouse in downtown Milwaukee, where she made no public comments, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
A number of federal and state judges across the United States have issued rulings that put several of Trump’s executive actions on hold, particularly related to his bid to exercise unprecedented powers in deporting migrants.
House Democrat Darren Soto blasted the Dugan arrest as “third world country dictator type of stuff,“ adding on X that “this will be bounced out of court as quick as the rest of their illegal actions.”
“Brick by brick, Trump is trying to take apart our democracy,“ he said.
“The corruption and determination of these anti-American activist judges to put illegal aliens ahead of American citizens is appalling,“ congresswoman Diana Harshbarger said on X. “Thankfully, a stand is being taken against them.”
The Trump administration has dug in its heels over deportation cases in which legal experts and Democrats say residents are being expelled without due process.
Bondi said the man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is “not coming back” to the United States.
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