Posted on May 29, 2009 by Thomas Withers

Judge Kent Recommended for Impeachment

It is almost exactly two years since a courageous former case manager initiated judicial misconduct proceedings against United States District Court Judge Samuel Kent of Texas. The Fifth Circuit Judicial Council then covered up Judge Kent’s criminal sexual conduct with an order of reprimand for what it termed alleged “sexual harassment.”  Judge Kent's subsequent plea of guilty to obstruction of justice has, apparently, lent that Judicial Council a renewed sense of justice as they have now entered an order recommending Judge Kent for impeachment.

The Houston Chronicle also reports that Fifth Circuit Chief Judge Edith Jones in a letter denying Judge Kent’s request for disabled status that would have preserved his salary of $174,000 wrote that “Kent has forfeited his claim to such status by pleading guilty to a felony.” Kent begins serving his 33 month term of imprisonment next month, but continues drawing his salary while Congress dithers over when to initiate impeachment proceedings.

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