McCaskill to Chair Impeachment Committee Evaluating Charges Against Federal Judge

Senatus reports today that Sen. Claire McCaskill will lead the committee looking into four impeachment articles against Judge Thomas Porteous, who serves on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.  The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved the four articles of impeachment last week, which accuse Porteous of "taking money, expensive meals and other gifts from lawyers and a bail bond company with business before him and of making false statements in a personal bankruptcy filing."

The Times-Picayune has more.