Judge Hannah Dugan, Convicted of Helping an Illegal Alien Evade ICE, Sentenced to No Prison Time and Just a $5K Fine

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TENNEY: “Yeah, John. Well, this was a landmark case in the fight over the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown. And this sentence came down, no prison time and just a $5,000 fine for former Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan, which is far less than the five years behind bars that she was looking at. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman explained that prison time was not necessary, given Dugan’s decades of public service, saying there is no indication the defendant acted for personal or private gain. This isn’t like the cases of public corruption. This is a situation where an otherwise good person upset by immigration enforcement in this country, a sentiment widely shared, made a bad decision in the moment. Ahead of that sentencing, we also heard from Hannah Dugan for the first time since her trial started back in December. And the former Milwaukee judge expressed no remorse for guiding federal agents away from her courtroom and sending the Illegal immigrant they were waiting for out of back door. In fact, she told the judge her acts that day were consistent with community concerns at the courthouse and she said ‘I will not let those minutes define my life’s work. It is my intent to return to public service.’ Now, that return to public service could be any number of things, including a possible return to the bench if her defense team is able to get this verdict overturned on appeal, which is what they’ve said they are now going to try to do. John?”