Sunday, June 10, 2007

Impeached Judge Appointed By Hillary Clinton as National Co-Chair

Hillary Clinton has named Alcee Hastings as one of her national Campaign Co-Chairs. Do you remember Mr. Hastings? 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. Voters to impeach included Democratic Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, John Conyers and Charles Rangel. 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.

I found this story at the Texas Rainmaker blog, where he makes the following apropos statement: "I guess it’s only fitting that someone who’s been impeached would head up a Clinton campaign".

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