Georgia Republicans Seek Eleanor Ross Impeachment Over Sex-in-Chambers Misconduct, With 14 Co-Sponsors
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Updated · CBS New York · Jun 11
Georgia Republicans Seek Eleanor Ross Impeachment Over Sex-in-Chambers Misconduct, With 14 Co-Sponsors
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jun 11
Summary
June 8 and 9 filings by Reps. Clay Fuller and Andrew Clyde sent separate impeachment resolutions against U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross to the House Judiciary Committee.
A special judicial committee found Ross had sex with a police officer in her chambers during business hours, attended a partisan political event and lied to two chief judges investigating the allegations.
Security footage, sign-in logs and clerk testimony undercut Ross' initial denials; she later admitted the extramarital relationship but kept denying staff mistreatment.
Clyde's measure drew 14 co-sponsors, including Rep. Buddy Carter, while the Atlanta Police Department is investigating whether the officer named in the findings is one of its employees.
Ross, an Obama nominee confirmed in 2014, holds a lifetime federal appointment and can be removed only if the House impeaches and the Senate convicts.