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12-05-2010, 11:58 AM
Senate to decide fate of impeached federal judge
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http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20101204/APW/1012041107&parentprofile=1015
The Senate is set to begin deciding Tuesday whether to remove a federal judge from Louisiana after the House impeached him on corruption charges.
The House voted unanimously in March to bring four articles of impeachment against G. Thomas Porteous (POR'-tee-us). A two-thirds Senate vote is needed to convict. Porteous could become just the eighth federal judge to be removed from the bench.
A Senate committee has finished the evidence-gathering phase and will present its report to the full Senate.
House prosecutors say Porteous began accepting cash and other favors from people with business before his court, beginning as a state judge.
Defense lawyers have sought to portray his behavior as business as usual in the New Orleans-area legal community.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate is set to begin deciding Tuesday whether to remove a federal judge from Louisiana after the House impeached him on corruption charges.
The House voted unanimously in March to bring four articles of impeachment against G. Thomas Porteous. A two-thirds Senate vote is needed to convict. Porteous could become just the eighth federal judge to be removed from the bench.
A Senate committee has finished the evidence-gathering phase and will present its report to the full Senate.
House prosecutors say Porteous began accepting cash and other favors from people with business before his court, beginning as a state judge.
Defense lawyers have sought to portray his behavior as business as usual in the New Orleans-area legal community.
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http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20101204/APW/1012041107&parentprofile=1015
The Senate is set to begin deciding Tuesday whether to remove a federal judge from Louisiana after the House impeached him on corruption charges.
The House voted unanimously in March to bring four articles of impeachment against G. Thomas Porteous (POR'-tee-us). A two-thirds Senate vote is needed to convict. Porteous could become just the eighth federal judge to be removed from the bench.
A Senate committee has finished the evidence-gathering phase and will present its report to the full Senate.
House prosecutors say Porteous began accepting cash and other favors from people with business before his court, beginning as a state judge.
Defense lawyers have sought to portray his behavior as business as usual in the New Orleans-area legal community.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate is set to begin deciding Tuesday whether to remove a federal judge from Louisiana after the House impeached him on corruption charges.
The House voted unanimously in March to bring four articles of impeachment against G. Thomas Porteous. A two-thirds Senate vote is needed to convict. Porteous could become just the eighth federal judge to be removed from the bench.
A Senate committee has finished the evidence-gathering phase and will present its report to the full Senate.
House prosecutors say Porteous began accepting cash and other favors from people with business before his court, beginning as a state judge.
Defense lawyers have sought to portray his behavior as business as usual in the New Orleans-area legal community.