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Even When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families’ Interests, Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Soon after longtime New Orleans attorney Wendy Vitter became a federal judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana, …