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Exclusive: Taxpayers Paid $220K to Settle Case Involving Rep. Alcee Hastings
Roll Call ^
Posted on 12/08/2017 5:26:42 PM PST by springwater13
The Treasury Department paid $220,000 in a previously undisclosed agreement to settle a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment that involved Florida Democrat Alcee L. Hastings, according to documents obtained by Roll Call.
Winsome Packer, a former staff member of a congressional commission that promotes international human rights, said in documents that the congressman touched her, made unwanted sexual advances, and threatened her job. At the time, Hastings was the chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, where Packer worked.
Hastings has called Packers charges ludicrous and in documents said he never sexually harassed her.
Until this evening, I had not seen the settlement agreement between the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and Ms. Packer, the congressman said in a statement Friday night. This matter was handled solely by the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment. At no time was I consulted, nor did I know until after the fact that such a settlement was made.
Hastings said that the lawsuit that Packer filed against him and an investigation by the House Ethics Committee were ultimately dismissed.
I am outraged that any taxpayer dollars were needlessly paid to Ms. Packer, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: braking; duplicate; florida; harassment; hastings; payouts; sexualharassment
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To: springwater13
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:28:51 PM PST
by
Artemis Webb
(Maxine Waters for House Minority Leader!!)
To: springwater13
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:29:31 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(I want to go to Colombia!)
To: springwater13
To: springwater13
Its unfortunate that as a consequence of his impeachment and conviction that judge Hastings wasn’t banned from future government employment. Dirtbag.
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:31:04 PM PST
by
Jacquerie
(ArticleVBlog.com)
To: springwater13
will the Dems force him to step down since we have a republican Gov, nah course not.
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:31:43 PM PST
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manc
( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
To: springwater13
for reference...
Alcee Lamar Hastings (born September 5, 1936) is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 20th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1993. The district, numbered as the 23rd District from 1993 to 2013, includes most of the majority-black precincts in and around Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. He is a member of the Democratic Party. - wikipedia
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12/08/2017 5:33:32 PM PST
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To: springwater13
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:37:29 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
To: springwater13
The settlement was paid without even talking to the accused? Seems pretty unbelieveable.
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:37:39 PM PST
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joshua c
(To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
To: manc
House seats go unfilled until the next election. Only senate seats get filled.
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:38:17 PM PST
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for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: for-q-clinton
OK thank you for that info
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:39:10 PM PST
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manc
( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
How do you do that?
I mean, find the duplicate posts so fast?
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:42:08 PM PST
by
EarlyBird
(There's a whole lot of winning going on around here!)
To: manc
Nope! The ends justify the means. As always.
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:43:06 PM PST
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
To: springwater13
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:43:37 PM PST
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KSCITYBOY
(The media is corrupt)
To: springwater13
In 1981, a federal grand jury indicted Judge Alcee L. Hastings, appointed to the federal district court in 1979, along with his friend William A. Borders, a Washington, D.C. lawyer. Hastings was charged with conspiracy and obstruction of justice for soliciting a $150,000 bribe in return for reducing the sentences of two mob-connected felons convicted in Hastings court. A year after Borders was convicted of conspiracy, the result of an FBI sting effort, Hastings's case came before the criminal court. Despite Borders conviction, and the fact that Hastings had indeed reduced the sentences of the two felons, he was acquitted in a criminal court in 1983 and returned to his judicial post.
Subsequently, suspicions arose that Hastings had lied and falsified evidence during the trial in order to obtain an acquittal. A special committee of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals began a new probe into the Hastings case. The resulting three-year investigation ended with the panel concluding that Hastings did indeed commit perjury, tamper with evidence, and conspire to gain financially by accepting bribes. The panel recommended further action to the U.S. Judicial Conference, which, in turn, informed the House of Representatives on March 17, 1987, that Judge Alcee Hastings should be impeached and removed from office.
On August 3, 1988, following an investigation by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, the House of Representatives voted 413 to 3 to adopt H. Res. 499, approving 17 articles of impeachment against Hastings, the greatest number of articles in any impeachment proceeding to date. Charges included conspiracy, bribery, perjury, falsifying documents, thwarting a criminal investigation, and undermining the public confidence "in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary." The Senate received the articles on August 9, 1988.
Following the precedent set in the 1986 Claiborne impeachment case, the Senate again chose to refer the matter to a special committee as authorized by impeachment rule XI. On March 16, 1989, the Senate rejected a motion by Hastings to dismiss the case, and adopted S. Res. 38, creating a 12-member trial committee to hear evidence and then report to the full Senate on contested and uncontested facts. The committee was not tasked with making a recommendation on guilt or innocence. Committee hearings continued from July 10, to August 3, 1989. Consisting of six Republicans and six Democrats, the committee heard evidence for and against Hastings, and took testimony from 55 witnesses, including Borders. The House managers presented convincing evidence that Hastings had, indeed, conspired with Borders to solicit the bribe. Hastings, who appeared in his own defense, objected to the use of the committee, insisting that the full Senate should be required to hear evidence. His motion failed. Hastings also insisted that the Senate trial amounted, in legal terms, to "double jeopardy" since he had already been acquitted in a court of law.
The trial committee presented its report on October 2, 1989. Sixteen days later, the trial began in the U.S. Senate, with prosecution and defense given two hours to summarize their cases. The Senate deliberated in closed session on October 19, 1989. The following day, the Senate voted on 11 of the 17 articles of impeachment, convicting Hastings, by the necessary two-thirds vote, on 8 articles (1-5, 7-9). On two articles (6, 17) the vote fell short of the required majority to convict. On article 11, the Senate voted 95 not guilty to 0 guilty. Having achieved the necessary majority vote to convict on 8 articles, the Senates president pro tempore (Robert C. Byrd) ordered Hastings removed from office. The Senate did not vote to disqualify him from holding future office.
Four years later, Hastings was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for the term beginning January 3, 1993. As a member of that body, on December 19, 1998, Hastings voted (on four articles of impeachment) against impeaching President William Jefferson Clinton.
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:45:30 PM PST
by
Brown Deer
(America First!)
To: springwater13
One by one all of these payoffs will be exposed and non disclosure agreements will stop nothing because no one will have the nerve to enforce them.
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:49:42 PM PST
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jmaroneps37
(Conservatism us truth. Liberalism is lies.)
To: springwater13
Mine and my family’s money paid to this outlaw government in taxes. Outrageous! I’m shaking with rage.
By DAVID JOHNSTON, Special to The New York Times
Published: October 21, 1989
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 In a solemn two-hour proceeding, the Senate today removed Federal District Judge Alcee L. Hastings from the bench by convicting him of eight impeachment articles, including one charging that he had conspired to obtain a $150,000 bribe.
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12/08/2017 5:51:05 PM PST
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Brown Deer
(America First!)
To: springwater13
This impeached, convicted, and removed former judge was guilty for taking a $150,000 bribe, and who once said “we have no rules, we make them up as we go along.” This dude? Corrupt as hell and nary a trace of repentance.
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posted on
12/08/2017 5:52:17 PM PST
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Fungi
(Fungi rule the world, no one knows it yet.)
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