5th Circuit Court
Testimony: Fed’l Judge Owed $150K on Credit Cards, Got $20K from 2 Lawyers
Posted Nov 17, 2009, 03:51 pm CST
By Martha Neil
A federal judge in Louisiana racked up $150,000 in credit card debt, largely to cover his gambling, as he routinely solicited cash and gifts from lawyers appearing before him, witnesses told a House Judiciary Committee task force today in an initial step toward possible impeachment of the jurist.
But one attorney, after testifying that he and his law partner gave U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. approximately $20,000 over a 10-year period beginning in the 1980s, said they got nothing in return, reports the Associated Press.
"The only reason I gave it to him was because he was a friend in need," says attorney Robert Creely. "I got nothing back."
Creely also said that he had… Continue reading...
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