Did former President Bill Clinton appoint a judge who had committed a sexual assault?
A Utah woman alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the federal judge appointed by Clinton had sexually assaulted her when he was a prosecutor and she was a teenage witness in a high-profile case 35 years ago.
The woman’s accusation were detailed in a lawsuit was filed the same day Richard W. Roberts announced his retirement as chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, according to documents obtained by The National Law Journal.
Lawyers for Roberts acknowledged an intimate relationship. They also called the accusations “categorically false” and said Roberts will challenge them in court.
The Utah Attorney General’s Office announced after the lawsuit was filed that they have investigated the woman’s allegations, but opted not to prosecute Roberts. Investigators revealed they had found evidence of a sexual relationship, but they determined Roberts didn’t break any laws, in part because the woman was old enough to consent to sexual relations under Utah laws in 1981.
Investigators did not interview Roberts about the allegations.
A lawyer for Terry Mitchell, now 51, says in the court filing that Roberts sexually abused her multiple times throughout the trial of white supremacist Joseph Paul Franklin, who killed two black joggers in Salt Lake City in 1980. Mitchell was with them and was wounded by shrapnel in the attack.
Mitchell said she wants to make the allegations public, and told The Associated Press that she’s coming forward because the allegations have been kept secret for too long.
Findings from the Utah attorney general’s investigation were sent to several congressional committees. Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz said the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he chairs has looked at the documentation. “Our initial review of the allegations has caused alarm and distress over their serious nature,” Chaffetz said.
The attorney general’s office released a copy of the report on Wednesday. It concluded that then 16-year-old Mitchell was considered old enough under state laws at the time to consent to sex and the allegations she was coerced weren’t strong enough to file charges.
Regardless of whether Roberts committed a crime, the report found, he appears to have acted unethically and likely violated U.S. Department of Justice rules for attorney conduct, among other rule violations.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Many times sexual allegations don’t stand up to legal scrutiny. The same may apply here.
With that said, President Clinton should have tried to have found people of high moral caliber to put onto the bench. Of course, Clinton’s sexual harassment of women was common knowledge during his presidency. If the Democrats want to talk about a war on women perhaps they should train their sights on the perverts in their ranks.
As for this judge, adult men don’t need to be having sex with anyone under 18 regardless of what the law says. This judge sounds like he forced a minor to give him something he was unable to get from women of his own age.
Why? Clinton has raped a bunch of women
birds of a feather
That’s what I was going to say.
Bad Billy Clinton loved to put big cigars up Monica LEWINSKY’S female parts. What was the finial total dollar amount the Clinton’s made on selling pardons? Could the tax payers be stupid enough to let this trailer trash from Arkansas back in the hen house? Hillary Fighting for Us, what a joke.
Now, Carolyn, you are gong on hearsay. That’s the first time that I have heard anything about the cigars. What planet are you living on? Happy St. Pat;s Day!!!
I heard that many years ago.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2016!
Right. We all heard Monica say it.
First you heard of it?? I live in England UK and we have all heard of it. The WORLD has heard of it. What Planet were you living on !!?? or ARE living on?? Brainless. Don’t be rude to others.
How many Sexual Assaults has BILLY BOY Clinton Committed….Too many to keep count of….So why would this SEXUAL PERVERT have been concerned about appointing anyone with any Higher Moral Standards then himself…
I guess they aren’t serious about vetting people. Obviously not! Obamas been in for 2 terms now.
Why did this lady just now come forward? …..um never mind I believe I know the answer to that. People do have a way of disappearing!
A political hack in a robe. Why is anyone surprised that these jokers can be dis-honorable? They are like the Wizard of Oz. Nothing special behind the curtain of hypocrites.
They should be Addressed as “YOUR DISHONOR”…
Ditto!!
Scum hangs with scum. Neither of the clintons have any ” moral caliber ” so it is not surprising that he would appoint someone just like himself.
Clinton was a predator not a pervert . Perverts can exist without harming anyone a predator cannot.
You are soooo right…. He was a Predator… And probably still is!!
Two birds in a …. Why is it a surprise that Clinton appointed someone with the same violent abuse against women as he had? And the fact that old lady Hillary is out there every day criticizing Trump’s treatment of women just blows my mind. The whole time he was governor of Arkansas and President, he abused women and Hillary knew about it, and helped cover it up. So she is no better than Bill and if elected, she will appoint judges just as bad as Roberts.
Why did he resign if he is innocent?
Classic case –Blame the victim and let the criminal go
Would Blow Job Bill do that ? He never had SEX with that woman. Assume anything clintons or obumas do or support is broken and corrupt.
Oh! how I wish more citizens felt this way. How is it so many Americans can look straight through to the truth and those that never learn? Yet, this white trash is still free to dupe, steal, lie, and cheat, right from their follows too. Why is the average U.S. citizen so void in understanding. We are truly being eaten alive by so many in this political world, with their greedy followers standing in line just waiting to take their place. What remnant does the average voter’s brain maintain, thus allowing this blindness to continue time after time never learning from failed consequences.
Some very important, formerly top secret, suppressed information about the criminal Clinton duo is presented at the following link:
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2016/03/16/eagle-one-to-wanta-movie-preview/
Perhaps the string pullers of the alias, BHObama also pull the strings of the Clinton duo, but separately from Obama and sometimes in opposition to Obama.
We are wise to keep in mind that the October Surprise of 1980 was created by George H. W. Bush/William Casey/CIA, and was a coup against president Jimmy Carter and Americans. The coup has not ended.
Thank God Arkansas has a man child abuser and a snake of a Lier wife and not Mississippi. We off the bottom there. Sorry Arkansas I know you’re pain.
And each day, it’s a new story from either or both Obama, and Clinton, as I said. This mess goes on each day…..MY GOD, as I said, I had a security clearance, many years ago, and from the looks of it my background investigation was deeper then all of our so called elected “Leaders”, then when I went into law enforcement and later was employed by the US Govt. I know I had another “deep” background investigation, so in about 17yrs, I had (3) serious backgrounds investigations, with polygraph exam’s, have we requested the same from out “leaders”??, If, we have, we need NEW investigators and that’s NOW!