misconduct
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Trump’s Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer also resigned amid a misconduct probe.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
In reality, he was an ex-military police officer who’d been dismissed for misconduct.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
It also found he had demonstrated "genuine remorse, a high level of insight and substantial remediation, which in its view significantly reduced the risk of repetition of the misconduct".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
That changed after then-Northern California Rep. Eric Swalwell, who had been the front-running Democrat in the race, withdrew from the campaign and resigned from Congress after he was accused of sexual assault and misconduct.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
As a result of immunity law, the Court held that a prosecutor cannot be held liable for misconduct in a criminal case, even if he intentionally and illegally withheld evidence of innocence.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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