Dugan filed a motion in May to dismiss the charges against her, saying she was acting in her official capacity as a judge and therefore is immune to prosecution. She argued that the federal government violated Wisconsin’s sovereignty by disrupting a state courtroom and prosecuting a state judge.

A federal judge on Monday recommended that the Trump administration's criminal case against Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan should proceed. Dugan, who previously served on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court before she was suspended by the Wisconsin Supreme Court,