Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) announced that he and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) formed three screening conferences that will recommend candidates to fill federal judicial openings as well as vacant U.S. Attorney and U.S. Marshal positions in their state, Fox News reports.
One problem: Hastings was impeached and removed as district judge for bribery and perjury in 1989. The vote in the Democratic-controlled House to impeached Hastings was 413 to 3.
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