CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — FBI agents have arrested West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry and taken him to the federal courthouse in Charleston to face a 22-count federal indictment.
U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart said Wednesday that Loughry is charged with 16 counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud, one count of witness tampering and three counts of making false statements to a federal agent.
Loughry was suspended over allegations he repeatedly lied about using his office for personal gain.
The state Judicial Investigation Commission filed a 32-count complaint alleging he “made false statements” and tried to deceive others about his office renovation, a federal subpoena, the moving of furniture from his Capitol office to his home and his improper personal use of state vehicles.
Why else would you even become a judge if not to defraud people?
I thought this sort of thing was de rigueur during the Trump era, so common as to be hardly worth noticing. It’s the sort of thing that Trump will pardon if some celebrity asks him to. Clearly the feds are being so unfair!
Mail fraud, wire fraud, witness tampering, lying to the feds … sounds like another model Rethugliklan.
When he’s thrown off the bench there’s always a spot on the Tweeto Legal Dream Team.
This is weird: the dude’s not a corrupt pol, he’s a real academic.
Sounds like Trump’s next pick for the Supreme Court.