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: The GavelImpeachment Starts Against Convicted Judge
By Charlie Hall

A House panel will formally begin impeachment proceedings against a disgraced federal judge who has pleaded guilty in a case involving his sexual assault of two staff members.
Samuel B. Kent, a federal judge based in Houston, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison on obstruction of justice. On Wednesday, according to an article in law.com, the House Judiciary Committee Task Force on Impeachment will hold an evidentiary hearing that includes testimony by two female staff members whom Kent admitted to assaulting.
Kent has refused to resign his judgeship, despite his guilty plea.
Full post as published by The Gavel on June 01, 2009 (boomark / email).
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