freecounterpoint: Pepe's congressman whups it out n the House floor

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Pepe's congressman whups it out n the House floor

5 comments:

Tecumseh said...: Hero of Planet Pepe: In 1981, Hastings was charged with accepting a $150,000 bribe in exchange for a lenient sentence and a return of seized assets for 21 counts of racketeering by Frank and Thomas Romano, and of perjury in his testimony about the case. He was acquitted by a jury after his alleged co-conspirator, William Borders, refused to testify in court (resulting in a jail sentence for Borders).

In 1988, the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives took up the case, and Hastings was impeached for bribery and perjury by a vote of 413-3. He was then convicted in 1989 by the United States Senate, becoming the sixth federal judge in the history of the United States to be removed from office by the Senate. The vote on the first article was 69 for and 26 opposed, providing five votes more than the two-thirds of those present that were needed to convict. The first article accused the judge of conspiracy. Conviction on any single article was enough to remove the judge from office. The Senate vote cut across party lines, with U.S. Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont voting to convict his fellow party member, and Arlen Specter voting to acquit.
Of course.; 4/29/2009 9:52 PM
Mr roT said...: Your comment is full of hate, Tecs.; 4/29/2009 10:01 PM
Tecumseh said...: How do you say, "up yours" in Texan?; 4/29/2009 10:02 PM
Mr roT said...: en haut yours; 4/29/2009 10:20 PM
Tecumseh said...: Parbleu. Tell it to Pepe.; 4/30/2009 12:02 AM

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