Samuel B. Kent is set to report to federal prison on June 15, but even before the disgraced retired U.S. district judge begins to serve a 33-month sentence, the U.S. House will crank into high gear proceedings that could lead to Kent’s impeachment.
The House Judiciary Committee Task Force on Impeachment has scheduled an evidentiary hearing on Kent’s impeachment for June 3 in Washington, D.C. Kent as well as Cathy McBroom and Donna Wilkerson — the two former staff members he has admitted to sexually assaulting as part of pleading guilty to obstruction of justice — will testify, according to two Republican staff counsel for the committee. Arthur Hellman, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law who is an expert on judicial discipline, also is scheduled to testify about the impeachment process, the staff counsel say.
