Judge Pulls Out Gun, ‘Waves .45 Colt at Lawyers’ During Bitter Fossil Fuel Royalties Case: Reports
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A West Virginia Circuit Court judge is under investigation by the state’s Judicial Investigation Division after allegedly pulling a .45 pistol from beneath his robe, waving it at attorneys, and leaving it on the bench for the remainder of the hearing in a New Martinsville courtroom earlier this year. While Circuit Judge David W. Hummel …