A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan on charges that she tried to conceal a man from arrest and obstruction of a proceeding, according to The New York Times.
Dugan, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, was arrested last month after authorities said she helped an undocumented immigrant evade federal agents waiting outside her courtroom. The indictment is a “significant step” in the Trump Justice Department’s case against her, the Times wrote.
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Dugan has since been temporarily removed from the bench by the Wisconsin Supreme Court while the case proceeds, the Times said. Through a lawyer, Dugan signaled she intended to fight the charges.
“Judge Dugan asserts her innocence and looks forward to being vindicated in court," a statement from her legal team said.
She is expected to appear in court on Thursday.
