United States District Judge Carlos Murguia submits his resignation to President Trump, effective on April 1, 2020

Safiel · 2020-02-18T23:52:59.250Z

https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article240407441.html

United States District Judge Carlos Murguia has submitted his letter of resignation to President Trump, to take effect April 1, 2020. The delay is to permit him to either close out or transfer his remaining cases in an orderly fashion.

Just days ago, he was relieved of all the pending work place sexual discrimination cases that were on his docket.

My only guess is that a “smoking gun” was uncovered that would have resulted in his impeachment and removal from office. If that was the case, glad that he ended this without tying Congress up in another impeachment trial.

He will NOT receive retirement pay or benefits as he had not attained retirement qualification. His pay and benefits will end completely when he leaves office.

Glad to see him gone.

My two previous threads on this case, the first has the full background of his transgressions.

Finally the official word is out, Judge Murgia is a dirt bag Politics

The second link is to the final order of the Judicial Council of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit officially and publicly reprimanding United States District Judge Carlos Murgia. Sexual harassment - check. Having an extra-marital affair with a convicted state felon - check. Habitually tardiness to court proceedings - check. At least the Tenth Circuit burned him but good with the reprimand, part of which goes as follows: Despite these assurances, we note that Judg…

United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary will take a look at the sordid affair regarding United States District Judge Carlos Murguia in the District of Kansas Politics

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article240037903.html Link to my previous thread on this. The Chairman of the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary has sent letters to the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and several other individuals demanding information regarding the conduct of Judge Carlos Murguia and the official response to the conduct…

SixFoot · 2020-02-19T00:06:32.244Z

Good riddance and better savings.

Ben_Natuf · 2020-02-19T00:22:33.871Z

Appointed by Clinton. Kinda says something there.

Safiel · 2020-02-19T00:36:19.414Z

Ben_Natuf:

Appointed by Clinton. Kinda says something there.

Not really. Turns out Stephen Reinhardt was a harasser.

Appointed by Carter.

Alex Kozinski was a harasser. Appointed by Reagan.

Things like this rarely reflect on the appointing President. Almost zero chance a President would know of a previous history of behavior and if it is brought up prior to Senate confirmation, the nominee is invariably rejected.

Guvnah · 2020-02-19T14:10:13.826Z

Ben_Natuf:

Appointed by Clinton. Kinda says something there.

Does every thread has to turn into an us-vs-them, lib-vs-conservative thread?

It’s not adding value.

Value is that Trump has another seat to fill with his agenda of favoring constitutionalists.

Smyrna · 2020-02-19T22:01:48.963Z

If…he committed a crime…resigning doesn’t wipe the slate clean? He needs to be prosecuted .

Camp · 2020-02-19T22:11:34.815Z

Looks more like gross misconduct just short of a crime…without knowing the details of the sexual harassment…Could be prosecuted for that.

Safiel · 2020-03-05T02:06:43.141Z

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article240855486.html

Now we know what prompted his sudden resignation.

The Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability was preparing a recommendation of impeachment to be sent to the United States House of Representatives.

While technically the Committee retains jurisdiction up until the moment of Murguia’s resignation on April 1, for all intents and purposes, since his resignation is irrevocable, any further activity by the Committee would be irrelevant.

It is unknown at this time if any of the allegations have been forwarded to the FBI for possible criminal investigation.