Dugan ordered officers to go to the chief judge’s office and, after the hearing ended, escorted Flores-Ruiz and his attorney out through a restricted jury door—bypassing the public area where agents were waiting—to help him evade arrest, according to the complaint, Fox said.

Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of obstructing justice after directing a migrant out of her courtroom as federal agents waited to arrest him. Her arrest has raised several questions.

A handful of Democratic U.S. senators sounded the alarm Friday after federal agents arrested a Wisconsin judge on charges she obstructed immigration officials from detaining a man in