Source: SFGate
“The ‘top levels of government’ were involved in bringing charges against a Wisconsin judge who helped a Mexican immigrant evade federal authorities, her defense attorney told jurors during closing arguments at her trial Thursday, attempting to blunt arguments from prosecutors that the judge acted inappropriately. Prosecutors argued that Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan put her personal beliefs above the law. ‘You don’t have to agree with immigration enforcement policy to see this was wrong,’ Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelly Brown Watzka told the jury in closing arguments. ‘You just have to agree the law applies equally to everyone.’ The case was expected to go to the jury late Thursday after a four-day trial. The highly unusual charges against a sitting judge are an extraordinary consequence of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Dugan’s supporters say Trump is looking to make an example of her to blunt judicial opposition to immigration arrests.” (12/18/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/wisconsin-judge-accused-of-helping-immigrant-set-21249451.php