MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended a Milwaukee judge who has been accused by the FBI of abetting the escape of an alien immigrant. The Court said Judge Hannah Dugan had undermined public confidence in the Wisconsin judiciary. According to the FBI, Dugan headed off federal agents who wanted access to her courtroom to arrest an immigrant whose state-level case she was hearing. After holding the agents at bay outside her courtroom, Judge Dugan went back inside and told the immigrant how to escape through a back door, according to the FBI agents. Judge Dugan’s arrest by federal agents, on Friday, several days after the confrontation, became a cause célèbre in escalating tension over aggressive anti-immigrant Trump policies that interfere with judiciary proceedings. Nobody complained formally to the state Supreme Court about Judge Dugan. The Court acted on its own prerogative without hearing any defense from Dugan – an unusual procedure. The Court split 4-3.
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