Monday July 3 5:55 PM ET
Second Judge Declines Clinton Disbarment Case
By Steve Barnes
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
(Reuters) - A second Arkansas judge declined on Monday to hear
the disbarment case against President Clinton, citing the same
conflict of interest as a judge last week who was also appointed
by Clinton.
``The Court finds it must recuse and transfer the case to another
division,'' said Judge David Bogard in a written order. Bogard
was appointed to a judgeship by then-Arkansas Gov. Clinton in
1980.
Minutes after the disbarment case against Clinton was filed last
Friday, Judge John Ward, to whom the case was assigned randomly
by a computer, also recused himself. Ward noted that Clinton, as
governor, appointed him to a judgeship in 1988.
On Bogard's withdrawal on Monday, the computer assigned the
disbarment case to a third judge, John Plegge, who was appointed
by Clinton to a judicial office in 1984.
Courthouse officials said they expected Plegge to recuse himself
as well. In that event, the computer would continue to choose
judges randomly until one agreed to hear the case.
The Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct
filed suit last Friday to strip Clinton of his law license.
The lawsuit was expected after the committee in May recommended
Clinton be disbarred, the harshest punishment it can mete out.
The suit stemmed from Clinton's January 1998 deposition in the
Paula Jones sexual harassment case. In that deposition, Clinton
insisted he had not engaged in a sexual affair with former White
House intern Monica Lewinsky.
The president later acknowledged ``an improper relationship''
with Lewinsky and admitted giving ``misleading'' answers during
his deposition.
Although Clinton continued to insist that his answer was
technically accurate, a federal judge in the Jones case cited
Clinton last year for contempt of court over his denials and
fined the president $90,000.
The five-page lawsuit charged that Clinton's conduct ''damages
the legal profession and demonstrates a lack of overall fitness
to hold a license to practice law.'' Clinton has repeatedly said
he would challenge the suit, which must go to a judge and is
subject to appeal before he could actually be disbarred, and
argued that the panel's finding ran against all of the relevant
precedents.
Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives in December
1998 on perjury and obstruction of justice charges stemming from
the Lewinsky case. He was acquitted by the U.S. Senate in
February 1999, allowing him to serve out his second term.
Clinton last practiced law in 1983, between his first and second
terms as governor of Arkansas. He was governor from 1979 to 1981
and again from 1983 to 1992 when he was elected president.
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