Alcee Hastings was the sixth federal judge in the history of the United States to be removed from office. Charged with accepting a $150,000 bribe, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached him for bribery and perjury by a vote of 413-3. He was then convicted by the United States Senate and removed from office.

The Senate had the option to forbid Hastings from seeking federal office again, but did not do so. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1992, representing Florida’s 23rd district.

He is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and was elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in July 2004. Today, as a Senior Democratic Whip, he is an influential member of the Democratic leadership.

He is a member of the powerful House Rules Committee and a senior Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI). On the HPSCI, he is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

Co-conspirator, attorney William Borders went to jail for refusing to testify in the impeachment proceedings, but was given a full pardon by Bill Clinton on his last day in office.