"The House has made, and can be expected to continue to make, vague references to offenses, such as 'kickback' and 'bribery,' as if they had been alleged by the House in voting out the Articles of Impeachment, when in fact they were not," the lawyers said. The four articles of impeachment are either vague or relate to events that occurred before Porteous joined the federal bench, they argue in their pre-trial statement: Porteous is represented by a team of lawyers led by George Washington University Professor Jonathan Turley and Dan Schwartz with the law firm of Bryan Cave. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) will serve as lead managers for the House with the assistance of Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.).
each day through Thursday and likely will continue next Tuesday, aides said. Senators are allowed to ask questions of the witnesses. The proceedings will be similar to a trial, with each side allotted up to 20 hours to call witnesses and present evidence, according to the committee. history removed by Congress, if convicted by the Senate. Porteous would be the eighth federal judge in U.S.
43 SENATORS WHO VOTED NOT GUILTY FULL
The panel will gather its evidence and present it to the full Senate for its consideration.
43 SENATORS WHO VOTED NOT GUILTY TRIAL
The 12-member Senate Impeachment Trial Committee, led by Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), will start hearing arguments from lawyers representing the House of Representatives and Porteous. Federal court officials on Friday extended his suspension from the bench through the end of the year. The 63-year-old judge, based in New Orleans, faced four articles of impeachment, including allegations that he lied during background investigations related to his 1994 nomination to the federal bench. The House voted unanimously in March to impeach Porteous, almost two years after the Judicial Conference of the United States referred him to Congress for impeachment proceedings. The first Senate impeachment trial in more than a decade begins Monday as senators meet to consider removing U.S.
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