Clinton-Appointed Judge Recommended for Impeachment
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The Judicial Conference of the United States has recommended impeachment proceedings against U.S. District Judge Thomas Porteous of Metairie (suburban New Orleans). Porteous was a 1994 appointee of President Bill Clinton.
It is now up to the House Judiciary Comittee, chaired by Rep. John Conyers Jr., (D-MI), to decide whether to initiate impeachment proceedings against Porteous.
A panel of the nation's top judges, including Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, determined that there was "substantial evidence" to find that Porteous repeatedly committed perjury, concealed financial relationships with litigants in his courtroom, and solicited and accepted cash and other things of value from lawyers, among other misdeeds.
This would be the first impeachment action against a United States judge in some 19 years.
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) could not be reached for comment.
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Porteous repeatedly committed perjury during his personal bankruptcy case to obtain a discharge of debts "while continuing his lifestyle at the expense of his creditors," the certificate says.
I thought perjury related to personal matters wasn't really perjury, at least not in impeachment terms.
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It is a start! These judges were appointed and they can be removed from the bench. By the way, perjury is perjury if you lie in court about what you did, or are doing. Personal or not.
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Conyers will find some loophole to avoid impeachment of a Democrat.
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