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Kent Impeached

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"U.S. House impeaches Kent," is Stewart Powell's report for the Houston Chronicle.The House today impeached imprisoned U.S. District Court Judge Samuel B. Kent and sent his case to the Senate for trial. The Senate is expected to quickly convene a trial ? possibly within a matter of weeks ? to cut off the judge?s $174,000 annual federal salary. The House overwhelmingly adopted four articles of impeachment against the 59-year-old jurist on rapid-fire roll call votes over the course of 30 minutes. The vote on the first article of impeachment was 389-0. Not a single member of the House spoke on Kent?s behalf. The charges accused Kent of abusing his power as a judge by sexually assaulting two female court employees as well as lying about his conduct to a judicial inquiry, the FBI and the Justice Department...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 19, 2009 (boomark / email).