(NewsNation) — A Wisconsin judge has threatened to refuse to hold court following the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan last week.
Dugan was arrested by federal authorities for allegedly helping a man who was in the United States illegally avoid arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. She is facing felony charges.
Judge Monica Isham sent an email to judges across the state, in which she also spoke about racial attacks she says she has experienced in her courtroom — including people saying she has no jurisdiction over white people, and a juror saying they would not follow orders from a Black or brown person and would find any Black or brown defendant guilty.
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“I have no intention of allowing anyone to be taken out of my courtroom by ICE and sent to a concentration camp, especially without due process, as BOTH of the constitutions we swore to support require. Should I start raising bail money?” Isham wrote.
She said if judges were offered “no support and no guidance,” she would not hold court in her courtroom.
Isham closed the email by writing that if she were arrested, at least she would know she had done the right thing.
