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reACTIONary

(5,801 posts) Sat May 4, 2024, 05:32 PM May 4

NPR Investigation: Many Judges Fail to Report Free Luxury Trips.....

... including Judge Canon.

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1247512187
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247512187/federal-judges-disclosures-luxury-trips

Dozens of federal judges went to legal seminars at luxury resorts, getting free rooms, free meals and free money for travel, and failed to file the required public disclosures. As a result, the public has been kept in the dark about what some of the country's top legal officials are up to and whether they might have a conflict of interest. That's all according to a new NPR investigation, and NPR investigative correspondent Tom Dreisbach is with us to talk about these findings....

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NPR Investigation: Many Judges Fail to Report Free Luxury Trips..... (Original Post) reACTIONary May 4 OP

JUDGES elleng May 4 #1

corrected, thanks. no msg reACTIONary May 4 #2

Were they a speaker? Just an attendee? LiberalFighter May 4 #3

wine tastings, some spouses, one brought... reACTIONary May 4 #5

Failing to disclose is bad but is incidental to Voltaire2 May 4 #4

There's a pretty thorough accompanying article, as well as the posted transcript: sl8 May 4 #6

Thanks, added to OP. nm reACTIONary May 4 #7

De nada. nt sl8 May 4 #8

elleng

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1. JUDGES

Reply to reACTIONary (Original post)

Sat May 4, 2024, 05:36 PM

May 4

reACTIONary

(5,801 posts)

2. corrected, thanks. no msg

Reply to reACTIONary (Original post)

Sat May 4, 2024, 05:44 PM

May 4

LiberalFighter

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3. Were they a speaker? Just an attendee?

Reply to reACTIONary (Original post)

Sat May 4, 2024, 06:06 PM

May 4

Did their spouse attend.

Did they receive a speaking fee?

Were there other benefits?

Massages?

reACTIONary

(5,801 posts)

5. wine tastings, some spouses, one brought...

Reply to LiberalFighter (Reply #3)

Sat May 4, 2024, 08:58 PM

May 4

.... his dog.

Take a look at the article for full details.

Voltaire2

(13,426 posts)

4. Failing to disclose is bad but is incidental to

Reply to reACTIONary (Original post)

Sat May 4, 2024, 06:09 PM

May 4

the outright corruption of the judiciary.

No f’ing gifts of any sort none zero. Immediate family exempted.

sl8

(14,228 posts)

6. There's a pretty thorough accompanying article, as well as the posted transcript:

Reply to reACTIONary (Original post)

Sat May 4, 2024, 09:09 PM

May 4

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247512187/federal-judges-disclosures-luxury-trips

reACTIONary

(5,801 posts)

7. Thanks, added to OP. nm

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Sat May 4, 2024, 09:11 PM

May 4

sl8

(14,228 posts)

8. De nada. nt

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Sat May 4, 2024, 09:14 PM

May 4

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