Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested last week and charged with hiding in her jury room to cover up illegal immigrants who had been deported to protect him from immigration officials, according to Law.com, assaulted former Bush deputy attorney general Paul Clemente on her behalf.
Clemente is a heavyweight in appeals law, serving as U.S. Attorney General from 2005 to 2009 and has filed more than 100 cases in the U.S. Supreme Court.
He was on a brief list of President Donald Trump’s first Supreme Court nominees and offered independent legal advice on the Justice Department’s request to dismiss New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case. Clement suggested dismissing the case by bias, meaning that the allegations cannot be tutored.
Paul Clemente, a heavyweight in the appeals law, served as U.S. Attorney General from 2005 to 2009 and filed more than 100 cases in the U.S. Supreme Court. He now represents Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg by Getty Image)
Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan
According to Law.com, Clement joined the Dugan defense team, given his conservative political background and a profession that has long argued for conservative causes, including opposition to gun control and same-sex marriage.
He also filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration, challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
According to the criminal lawsuit, Dugan was arrested and charged with obstructing the official lawsuit and concealing a person to prevent discovery and arrest.
Federal agents from the ICE, FBI, CBP and DEA tried to arrest undocumented males - Mexican country Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, who was scheduled to appear in front of Dugan on April 18 in the face of a three-person misdemeanor battery that allegedly assaulted two people.
Dugan asked the officer to go to the Chief Justice’s office and after the hearing, escorted Flores-Ruiz and his lawyers came across a restricted jury gate, bypassing the public places where the agents were waiting to help him avoid arresting him.
According to the criminal lawsuit, Dugan was arrested and charged with obstructing the official lawsuit and concealing a person to prevent discovery and arrest. (Mike de Sisti/USA Today network via Imagen Images, left, Mike de Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/USA Today network via Imagen Images, top right, Christopher Dilts/bloomberg via Getty Images, bottom right)
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Dugan appeared in Milwaukee on Friday, and her next court appearance was May 15.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued an executive order Tuesday calling on Milwaukee Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan to "temporarily release his official duties."
Meanwhile, Clement is a founding partner of Clement & Murphy PLLC, a boutique appeals law firm based in Washington, D.C. and an outstanding law lecturer at the Georgetown University Law Center, and was originally an adjunct professor since 1998.
After graduation, Clement served as Justice Laurence H. Silberman, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Circuit in Washington, D.C. and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Clement's advocacy in the High Court also included recent debates on Loper Bright v. Raimondo, which effectively overturned the Chevron doctrine. The doctrine previously respected the agency's interpretation of federal regulations.
He also served as chief advisor to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights.
Milwaukee Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan spoke at a pro-Ukrainian rally on February 24, 2025. (Lee Matz/Milwaukee is independently passed through AP)
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According to Law.com, Clement will join a legal team appointed by former U.S. Attorneys Steve Biskupic and George W. Bush, who sued seven officers for a racially motivated attack on Frank Jude Jr. in 2004.
Other members of the defense team include Craig Mastantuono Coffee & Thomas, as well as Jason Luczak and Nicole Masnica of Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown.
Haley Chi-Sing, Breanne Deppisch and Greg Wehner of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.