This doesn't exactly rise (or sink?) to Duke Cunningham levels. But it appears that the judicial branch has ethics issues too : A number of federal judges have violated ethics rules in recent years by presiding over lawsuits while having a financial conflict. Others have failed to disclose that they traveled to resorts on expense-paid trips. Interviews and documents reviewed by The Washington Post identified about a dozen such ethical lapses in recent years.
Ethically Challenged Judges Offer Dubious Defenses
Ethically Challenged Judges Offer Dubious…
Ethically Challenged Judges Offer Dubious Defenses
This doesn't exactly rise (or sink?) to Duke Cunningham levels. But it appears that the judicial branch has ethics issues too : A number of federal judges have violated ethics rules in recent years by presiding over lawsuits while having a financial conflict. Others have failed to disclose that they traveled to resorts on expense-paid trips. Interviews and documents reviewed by The Washington Post identified about a dozen such ethical lapses in recent years.