Overview
- Dugan, suspended from the Milwaukee County bench, has pleaded not guilty to federal counts of obstruction and concealing a person tied to an April 18 encounter with immigration agents.
- Jurors heard courtroom audio in which Dugan discussed showing defendant Eduardo Flores‑Ruiz a private jury door before he was later arrested outside and subsequently deported.
- On day two, federal officers testified that Dugan’s directions split their arrest team and forced a riskier pursuit outside when they believed an arrest could have been made inside.
- The defense says she followed draft courthouse policy by sending agents to the chief judge, used an exit that opened to the same public hallway, and lacked any intent to thwart an arrest.
- Prosecutors plan roughly two dozen witnesses this week; if convicted on both counts, Dugan faces up to six years in prison after a judge previously rejected her judicial‑immunity bid.