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Walter Louis Nixon Jr. (born December 16, 1928) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi who in 1989 was impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office by the Senate.
Jan 2, 2024 · Walter L. Nixon. Judge Nixon was the senior federal district court judge for the Southern District of Mississippi. In 1986, he was convicted of perjury and sentenced to five years in prison for lying in testimony before a federal grand jury about his attempt to influence the prosecution of a business associate’s son.
The Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Walter Nixon, was convicted of committing perjury before a grand jury but refused to resign from office even after he had been incarcerated.
Apr 26, 2024 · A World War Two veteran who described the frontline of the Italian campaign as "hell on Earth" has died aged 101. Walter Nixon, from East Bergholt in Suffolk, was a wireless operator in the 81st...
Nov 4, 1989 · The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to remove Federal District Judge Walter L. Nixon Jr. from the bench by finding him guilty on two of three articles of impeachment.
Jun 21, 2017 · Walter L. Nixon, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, was impeached and removed from office in 1989. He was impeached after being convicted oncharges of giving false testimony to a grand jury investigating allegations he had committed bribery.
Oct 14, 1992 · Walter Nixon, a Federal District Judge, was convicted of a felony, making false statements to a grand jury. The House of Representatives voted three articles of impeachment; impeachment in the Senate followed.
Walter Louis Nixon Jr. (born December 16, 1928) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi who in 1989 was impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office by the Senate.
Walter L. Nixon, Jr., formerly the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, was impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate for giving false testimony to a grand jury investigating allegations that he had been bribed.
Dec 22, 2017 · Walter Nixon was a federal-court judge accused of corruption. Nixon was convicted and imprisoned for perjuring himself in front of a grand jury, but he refused to resign his judgeship. As a result, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached him.
