U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell calls for (Don Siegelman judge) Mark Fuller's impeachment
Source: Birmingham News
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Embattled U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller is still in office, leading U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell to urge ranking House Judiciary members to investigate the possibility of his impeachment.
On Wednesday, Sewell sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Ranking Member John Conyers asking them to investigate whether Congress should impeach Fuller.
In September, Sewell gave Fuller a Nov. 12 deadline to resign after his Aug. 9 domestic violence arrest. All of Alabama's congressional delegation, including senators Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby, called for Fuller's resignation.
In a statement released from her office, Sewell said "no one should get a pass" for domestic violence, whether they are a football player or a federal judge.
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Full title, didn't fit: U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell calls for Mark Fuller's impeachment, says failure to resign 'the height of arrogance'
The article didn't mention it, but Fuller is most well-known for presiding over the trial of former Dem Gov. Don Siegelman, controversially:
Columbia Law School professor and contributor to Harper's Magazine Scott Horton has written numerous articles on Fuller's multiple conflicts of interest in presiding over the Siegelman case.[20][21][22] Despite his conflicts, Fuller refused to recuse himself from the case. One such conflict was the fact that Siegelman, when Governor, prompted an investigation into Fuller's "questionable [financial] practices" as District Attorney.[23] Fuller claimed that those allegations were "politically motivated",[24] though audits proved that Fuller had in fact undertaken unethical financial practices when he was DA.[25][26] Siegelman supporters believe that Fuller held a grudge against Siegelman and would not recuse because he wanted Siegelman convicted, a feat accomplished with Fuller's expansive jury instructions and controversial dynamite charge (see above).[27][28]
At Siegelman's sentencing, Fuller had Siegelman taken from the courtroom in handcuffs and leg manacles and sent immediately to prison.[29] 60 Minutes aired a report about the controversy during which Grant Woods, former Republican Attorney General of Arizona, commented, “That tells you that this was personal. You would not do that to a former governor.”[6] Siegelman, his family, and many others continue to maintain Siegelman's innocence.[30][31]
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Older article on the clobbering he handed her in an Atlanta hotel room:
Federal Judge Mark Fuller Allegedly Beat His Wife
Posted: 08/11/2014 3:42 pm EDT Updated: 08/11/2014 3:59 pm EDT
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A former prosecutor and appointee of President George W. Bush, Fuller has served in the Middle District of Alabama since 2002, serving as chief judge from 2004 until 2011.
Atlanta police arrested Fuller early Sunday at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in downtown Atlanta after responding to a complaint from his wife, Kelli Fuller.
According to the police report, both the Fullers admit to an alteraction, but each blamed the other as the aggressor.
The report states that Kelli Fuller, 41, "answered the door in tears" and had visible cuts on her mouth and forehead when police arrived. They later documented bruises on her legs. Kelli Fuller was treated at the hotel by paramedics but refused to be taken to a hospital.
Police say the judge was on the bed when they entered the room, which smelled of alcohol. There was broken glass and hair on the floor. Blood was discovered in the bathroom.
Kelli Fuller told police that her husband became violent after she accused him of having an affair with a law clerk in his Montgomery office. She said he pulled her hair, threw her to the ground and dragged her, kicked her and struck her several times in the face.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/mark-fuller-wife_n_5669473.html
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