"Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction — after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week," Patel, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, wrote in a now-deleted post on X, formerly Twitter.

Protesters chanted and marched Saturday outside the FBI office in Milwaukee after agents arrested a local judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities.The case has escalated a clash between the Trump administration and state and local authorities over the Republican president’s sweeping immigration crackdown.

A Wisconsin judge is now threatening not to hold court after the FBI arrested Milwaukee-based Judge Hannah Dugan on Friday on obstruction charges.