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A federal judge is poised to decide whether to overturn the guilty verdict against former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, convicted of felony obstruction for helping an immigrant evade ICE agents—an early legal test amid heightened immigration enforcement. Her defense cites a recent Virginia ruling that deemed an immigrant’s escape from ICE not part of a “pending proceeding,” arguing the same logic applies here since only an arrest warrant existed, not an active court case. Prosecutors push back, insisting the Virginia case doesn’t apply and that other precedents support the conviction. The judge grilled both sides on the legal definition of “proceeding” and its duration. At 67, Dugan faces up to five years in prison, though probation is likely given her clean record. She resigned after conviction and now faces potential impeachment. The judge has yet to rule.

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