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ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Two congressional Republicans from Georgia have introduced impeachment resolutions against a federal judge in Atlanta who was disciplined after an investigation found she had sex with a police officer in her chambers, attended a partisan political event and lied to investigators looking into the alleged misconduct.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Reps. Clay Fuller and Andrew Clyde filed the resolutions against U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross. Clyde wrote Tuesday on social media that Ross’ \u201cdeeply disturbing actions prove she is incapable of displaying integrity or impartiality. She must be impeached and removed from the bench.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is up to the House Judiciary Committee to decide whether to start impeachment proceedings against Ross. Federal judges are appointed for life and can only be removed from the bench through impeachment.<\/p>\n

A person who answered the phone in the judge\u2019s chambers Tuesday afternoon said Ross had no comment.<\/p>\n

Ross was nominated to the Northern District of Georgia in January 2014 by then-President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and she was confirmed by the Senate in November of that year. She had previously served as a state court judge in DeKalb County, which includes a small part of Atlanta, since 2011. Before taking the bench, she had worked as a state and federal prosecutor, mostly in Atlanta, for more than a decade.<\/p>\n

The investigation of Ross began after one of her law clerks reported that on multiple occasions the judge had engaged in sexual activity with a high-ranking uniformed police officer in her office within earshot of staff. It also was alleged that the judge didn\u2019t properly supervise clerks and on one occasion yelled and cursed at staff.<\/p>\n

Ross received a \u201cprivate reprimand\u201d after the investigation confirmed the sexual activity and found she attended a partisan event and initially lied to deny the allegations.<\/p>\n

The court\u2019s investigation did not publicly identify the judge or the court location within the 11th Circuit\u2019s jurisdiction, which includes Alabama, Florida and Georgia. A person familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter confirmed to The Associated Press that Ross was the judge who was disciplined.<\/p>\n

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Separately, the Atlanta Police Department has said it has opened an investigation to determine whether the \u201chigh-ranking law enforcement officer\u201d found to have had sex with a federal judge in the judge\u2019s chambers is a member of their department.<\/p>\n

William Pryor, the chief judge of the 11th Circuit, opened the initial investigation of Ross. He asked her to respond to the clerk’s allegations and she replied the same day and \u201cspecifically denied\u201d each allegation. In a follow-up email the next day, the judge speculated to Pryor that the law clerk may have invented things in retaliation for being required to work in the office.<\/p>\n

Pryor appointed a special committee to investigate. That investigation was detailed in a report attached to the disciplinary order.<\/p>\n

The committee\u2019s review of logs and security footage showed an officer had frequently visited the judge\u2019s chambers in uniform around lunchtime. Six clerks recalled seeing someone who fit the officer\u2019s description, with three remembering overhearing what may have been sexual activity in the judge\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

Three clerks remembered bringing summer interns on their first day to watch the judge presiding over a hearing in a criminal case. Right after that, they told the committee, the judge declined to have lunch with the interns, acknowledging having too many martinis the night before at a primary election victory party for a district attorney friend.<\/p>\n

The clerks said the judge didn\u2019t provide sufficient guidance and \u201crarely, if ever, substantively edited civil orders the clerks drafted.\u201d While clerks described an \u201ceggshell culture,\u201d the committee didn\u2019t find evidence of abusive behavior.<\/p>\n

The judge ultimately admitted to having an extramarital sexual relationship with the officer but denied the allegations about mistreatment of staff, the committee wrote. The judge acknowledged to the committee having gone to a \u201cmixer\u201d of former employees of a district attorney\u2019s office, where the judge used to work but said it was in a separate room from the victory party.<\/p>\n

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