Curious: First Impeachment Since President Clinton's Trial Results in Conviction of Federal Judge Appointed By... President Clinton

Yesterday the Associated Press described the fate of another member of the Clinton Crime Family™, one of the few who hasn't fled the country or simply -- eh -- "disappeared"*.

The Senate on Wednesday convicted U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous of Louisiana on four articles of impeachment, making him just the eighth federal judge in history to be removed by Congress.

...two attorneys who once worked with Porteous had testified that they gave him thousands of dollars in cash, including about $2,000 stuffed in an envelope in 1999, just before Porteous decided a major civil case in their client's favor. They also said they paid for meals, trips and part of a bachelor party for one of Porteous' sons in Las Vegas, including a lap dance at a strip club.

Another witness, New Orleans bail bondsman Louis Marcotte, described a long-standing relationship in which Marcotte and his employees routinely took Porteous to lavish meals at French Quarter restaurants, repaired his automobiles, washed and filled his cars with gas, and took him on trips. In return, Porteous manipulated bond amounts for defendants to give Marcotte the highest fees possible, said Marcotte, who served 18 months in prison on related corruption charges.

...The case was the first impeachment trial since the 1999 proceedings against President Clinton...

Try to contain your shock.


* Please refer to "The Clinton Legacy"