Trump DOJ says judge who allegedly obstructed ICE is attempting to 'explain away' historical prosecution of judges in 'gerrymandered way'
Chris PerezJul 30th, 2025, 9:28 am
Prosecutors and defense attorneys for Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge indicted on federal charges for allegedly impeding ICE agents during an immigration bust, have traded legal blows over whether her case should proceed — with Dugan's side condemning her prosecution as "far-fetched," while the federal government claims she is using "amorphous and contestable distinctions" to prop up her arguments.
Dugan, 66, was indicted earlier this year for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade federal officers shortly after he appeared in her Milwaukee County Circuit courtroom in connection with a domestic abuse case. She filed a motion in May seeking to have the federal obstruction charges she's facing thrown out, arguing that — much in the way that the president is immune from prosecution for official acts while in office — she too is the beneficiary of broad judicial immunity.
Since then, prosecutors and defense attorneys have made various arguments in regard to why the case should be dismissed or proceed. Dugan's team hit the government with a 30-page filing on July 15, saying she was being prosecuted "for doing her job, not in the way that some federal agents preferred, true, but her job all the same." The Justice Department responded Tuesday with a 30-page filing of its own, which rebuked Dugan's claims and skewered her for explaining them in a "gerrymandered way," per the DOJ.
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