Democrats on House Judiciary Committee Seek Hearing re Federal Judge's Racist Email About Obama
A federal judge in Montana who self-reported himself to the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a potential legal ethics review after admittedly sending a racist email related to President Barack Obama could be looking at more trouble.
Two Democratic lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee today called for a hearing on the email forwarded by U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull, saying in a letter that “at a minimum, forwarding this email illustrates poor judgment and of conduct that was unbecoming of a federal judge,” the Associated Press reports.
There was no immediate response from the committee’s chairman, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, to the letter from Reps. John Conyers of Michigan and Steve Cohen of Tennessee.
Earlier coverage:
ABAJournal.com: “Montana Federal Judge Reports Himself for Ethics Review After Admitting He Sent a Racist Email”
