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The transcript describes an incident on April 18 in which Judge Hannah Dugan was seen outside her Milwaukee courtroom wearing her black robes and confronting several federal agents who were there to arrest Eduardo Flores Ruiz, a Milwaukee man and Mexican national charged locally with three counts of domestic battery. Milwaukee County released video of the events through an open records request, and the footage is part of the evidence in the case against Dugan, who is charged with obstructing a federal investigation by concealing Flores Ruiz and allowing him to leave her courtroom through a different door after sending the agents to speak to the chief judge.
Flores Ruiz, dressed in black with his attorney, is shown in multiple videos leaving by that other door, which prosecutors say was used by jurors and not open to the public. As he exits, he is followed by another agent. When Flores Ruiz gets into the elevator to leave, the agent slips into the elevator as well. According to the criminal complaint against Dugan, the agent followed them down; another video shows the agent following them out of the building downstairs, and once backup arrived, they tried to arrest Flores Ruiz. He reportedly ran north in front of the courthouse for nearly a block before agents caught up with him and arrested him. Federal agents arrested Dugan herself a week later.
Eduardo Flores Ruiz’s domestic violence case is moving through Milwaukee County Court, though he is in federal custody on an immigration arrest. The FBI arrested Judge Dugan at the county courthouse one week later on April 25. She pleaded not guilty in federal court last week. In response, Dugan’s legal team filed a motion to dismiss the case, calling it unconstitutional and arguing that she is entitled to judicial immunity. A judge set a tentative trial date for July 21.