Senate impeachment trial for crooked federal judge
This is the statement made by the Department of Justice following a grand jury investigation into charges of misconduct against federal judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr.:
In 2007, after an FBI and federal grand jury investigation, the Justice Department alleged "pervasive misconduct" by Porteous and mentioned evidence "that Judge Porteous may have violated federal and state criminal laws, controlling canons of judicial conduct, [and] rules of professional responsibility, and conducted himself in a manner antithetical to the constitutional standard of good behavior required of all federal judges."The complaint said the department had opted not to seek criminal charges for reasons including statute-of-limitations issues.
The charges:
The impeachment task force held hearings late last year that focused on allegations of misconduct by Porteous, including:-- Involvement in a corrupt kickback scheme;
-- Failure to recuse himself from a case he was involved in;
-- Allegations that Porteous made false and misleading statements, including concealing debts and gambling losses;
-- Allegations that Porteous asked for and accepted "numerous things of value, including meals, trips, home and car repairs, for his personal use and benefit" while taking official actions on behalf of his benefactors; and
-- Allegations that Porteous lied about his past to the Senate and to the FBI about his nomination to the federal bench "in order to conceal corrupt relationships," Schiff said in a prepared statement.
Porteous was invited to testify, but he declined to do so, Schiff said.
The senate will vote later this year on his removal.

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