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For the first time, we're seeing Judge
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Hannah Dugan outside her courtroom April
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18th, wearing her black robes, appearing
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to confront several federal agents there
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to arrest Eduardo Flores Ruiz, a
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Milwaukee man and Mexican national
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charged locally with three counts of
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domestic battery. This video released by
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Milwaukee County through an open records
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request is part of the evidence in the
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case against Judge Dugan, who's charged
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with obstructing a federal investigation
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concealing Flores Ruiz, allowing him to
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leave her courtroom by a different door
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after sending the agents to speak to the
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chief judge. Flores Ruiz, dressed in
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black with his attorney, is seen in
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several of the videos leaving by that
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other door. One prosecutors say was used
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by jurors and not open to the public. As
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he leaves though, he is seen in the
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hallway followed by another agent. As
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Flores Ruiz gets into the elevator to
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leave, the agent slips in as well.
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According to the criminal complaint
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against Dugan, that agent followed them
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down. The agent seen here following out
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of the building downstairs. And once
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backup arrived, they tried to arrest
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Flores Ruiz, who another video shows ran
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north in front of the courthouse for
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nearly a block before agents caught up
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with him and arrested him. Federal
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agents arrested Dugan herself a week
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Eduardo Flores Ruiz uh domestic violence
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case is moving through the Milwaukee
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County Court. He is however in federal
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custody on his immigration arrest. The
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FBI arrested Judge Dugan at the county
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courthouse one week later on April 25th.
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She pleaded not guilty in a federal
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Judge Dugan, your response.
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That's Dugan exiting the federal
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courthouse after an arraignment last
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week. Her legal team filed a motion to
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dismiss the case, calling it
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unconstitutional and saying that she is
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entitled to judicial immunity. A judge
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set a tenative trial date for July 21st.
