Thread by @ProfMJCleveland

🚨Criminal complaint unsealed in case of Wisconsin judge helping illegal. It is just jaw-dropping that a judge would do this to help this character!

2/ Not merely 3 counts of domestic batter with physical pain or injury but he had already been deported once and illegal returned!

3/ So ICE goes to arrest him:

4/ Some agents notified security and explained the arrest would be court proceedings in the public area. Others went to court and notified court security agent.

5/ A public defender (lawyer who represents defendants with no money), took pictures of agents and then went and told Judge's clerk who told the Judge:

6/ What the heck is this judge doing! She tells the agents they need to leave the courthouse!!!

7/ Judge enters through side door, while another agent not "spotted" continues to watch. Meanwhile other agents speak with Chief Judge and confirm arrest in public areas was okay.

8/ Courtroom deputy is a good guy. Judge tries to rush the domestic abuser through the process while everyone is supposedly tied up talking to Chief Judge.

9/ Judge Dugan: "Wait, come with me."

10/ Takes them out through the jury room:

11/ Holy Crap! It's worse than that!!! The judge "adjourned" the criminal case against the illegal who was charged with 3 counts of domestic abuse AND where the victims were present in court for hearing! State's attorney only discovered later when case not called!

12/ Agents then observed illegal & his attorney trying to leave courthouse back way and it took some 22 minutes for them to catch him following foot chase!

13/ Judge charged with 2 different crimes: obstructing or impeding a proceeding of a department and concealing an individual to prevent discovery and arrest.

14/14 This judge went way over the line...and for a domestic abuser!!! She put agents at risk, the public at risk, and acted with utter disregard to the victims AND the State who was there to prosecute the case!! Here's entire criminal complaint. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…