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Convicted Judge Kent Resigns ... Next Year; Impeachment Looms

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You can read Judge Kent's letter to the President here, thanks to Texas Lawyer."Galveston's Judge Kent to quit next year," is Stewart Powell's article for the Houston Chronicle.Prison- bound U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent told President Barack Obama on Tuesday he fully intends to keep his $174,000-a-year post for another year ? a notice that further fueled the angst of members of Congress who vowed a fast-track impeachment ?I hereby resign from my position as United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas effective June 1, 2010,? Kent wrote the president, putting the effective date in italics. Until that date ? or his impeachment ? he will continue to draw a salary from taxpayers.Kent?s letter, however, only served to galvanize House action, with Rep...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 02, 2009 (boomark / email).

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