Overview
- Prosecutors charge Dugan with obstruction and concealing an undocumented person, and she has pleaded not guilty to a felony and a misdemeanor.
- The case turns on an April courthouse encounter captured by hallway video that shows interactions with federal agents but contains no audio.
- The government plans to call 25 to 28 witnesses, including ICE and federal agents, with trial proceedings scheduled to start Dec. 15 after jury selection.
- Jurors have completed extensive questionnaires on case awareness and immigration-enforcement views, and an additional form will check for any new opinions or outside research.
- Eduardo Flores Ruiz later pleaded guilty to being in the U.S. illegally and was deported on Nov. 14, and FBI agents arrested Dugan at the courthouse a week after the incident.