US judge accused of helping man evade immigration agents and is arrested

A spokesperson for the US Marshals Service said Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee County circuit judge, was arrested at the courthouse where she works on Friday morning

FBI director Kash Patel said in a social media post that federal agents arrested a judge on obstruction charges related to an immigration enforcement operation last week. The post was later deleted. File picture: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

The FBI has arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, escalating a clash between Donald Trump’s administration and the judiciary over the Republican president’s sweeping immigration crackdown.

FBI director Kash Patel announced on social media the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who he said “intentionally misdirected” federal agents away from a man they were trying to take into custody at her courthouse last week.