Wisconsin Republican legislative leaders will seek to remove Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan if she does not resign.

The obstruction charges against Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan are in the hands of a federal jury after the four-day trial in the illegal immigrant escape case concluded in a federal court on Thursday.

Wisconsin's Republican leaders will begin impeachment proceedings against Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan if she does not resign.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Defenders of a Wisconsin judge found guilty of felony obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal officers raised alarms Friday about judicial independence and said they hope the conviction will be overturned on appeal.

A federal jury convicted Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan on felony obstruction while acquitting her on a misdemeanor concealing charge, setting up what her defense says will be a continued legal battle.

Both sides delivered closing arguments in the federal obstruction trial of Hannah Dugan, painting the Milwaukee judge in starkly different ways.

A high-profile courtroom showdown in Wisconsin ended with a stunning verdict this week, as a Milwaukee County judge was convicted

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The “top levels of government” were involved in bringing charges against a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal authorities, her defense attorney told jurors during closing arguments at her trial Thursday in an attempt to blunt prosecutors’ arguments that the judge acted inappropriately.