Appellate legal heavyweight Paul Clement has stepped in to represent Milwaukee Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested April 25 by the FBI for allegedly interfering with an immigrant arrest and deportation operation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Dugan’s arrest that same day on X, accusing the judge of “intentionally misdirect[ing] federal agents away” from an immigrant six ICE officers planned to detain at the courthouse where she was set to hear his criminal case.