Prosecutors played audio recordings to show jurors that a Wisconsin judge knew what was at stake when she directed an immigrant to a private door while federal agents were in the courthouse to arrest him.

Hannah Dugan also sustained a loss on the issue of her official acts as a judge. The defense argued "[s]he had a legal right to engage in those acts." The court said that was for a jury to decide. The post 'Wasting time': Judge accused of helping immigrant evade ICE agents is barred from 'eliciting' statements made by AG Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel during trial first appeared on Law & Crime.