Ex-Kentucky congressman suspended as lawyer for lying about lesbian comment
Disgraced former U.S. Rep. Carroll Hubbard (D) has been suspended from practicing law for 60 days for lying under oath when he denied calling an opposing lawyer and her wife “fat, ugly lesbians.”
The Kentucky Supreme Court said Hubbard, 81, agreed to the sanction and to write letters of apology to the two women, a judge and another lawyer.
The court said Hubbard committed conduct involving “dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation” when he denied under oath at a hearing that he had sent an anonymous mailing to the opposing lawyer that included the disparaging comment and that bore his handwriting.
The court said in a six-page opinion Thursday that Hubbard engaged in false swearing, a misdemeanor, when he made the statement under oath.
Read more: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/04/19/former-kentucky-congressman-carroll-hubbard-suspended-lawyer-fat-ugly-lesbians-comment/3519414002/
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