Alfredo Eugenio López undermined public confidence in his ability to administer justice impartially, a panel concluded.
The post Argentina removes federal judge over antisemitic remarks in historic first appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
A panel of judges examining the conduct of judges in Argentina on Tuesday removed federal judge Alfredo Eugenio López from his post after finding that he had systematically posted anti-Semitic and offensive statements against Jews on social media.
López served as a federal judge in the Buenos Aires district. He was removed after the panel reviewed a series of posts he had made on his X-rated account. Among other things, he called Jews “rats,” “a…