FBI arrests Wisconsin judge for obstruction of ICE agents: Kash Patel

• Dugan appeared briefly in federal court Friday before she was released from custody, the Associated Press confirmed.
• "Judge Dugan wholeheartedly regrets and protests her arrest. It was not made in the interest of public safety," her lawyer, Craig Mastantuono, said during the hearing, per AP.
• Patel had announced the arrest on the social media site X then deleted it. He later reposted the announcement after Dugan appeared in court.

Driving the news: "We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest," Patel said.

• Patel added that Flores-Ruiz is currently in the FBI's custody.

Catch up quick: The Journal Sentinel reported this week that the FBI was looking into whether Dugan tried to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after that person was scheduled to appear in her courtroom last week.

• In an email to judges, Chief Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Carl Ashley said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on April 18 with an arrest warrant, according to the Journal Sentinel.

• Ashley's note didn't mention Dugan or an FBI investigation into her conduct. His office did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.
• Dugan's office did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.

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