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  • Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.

  • A top lawmaker is introducing legislation to increase accountability for federal judges who face allegations of misconduct.

  • NPR's Kerry Johnson reports.

  • The bill follows a year-long NPR investigation into abuse and bullying by judges.

  • Among the judges featured in NPR's reporting,

  • two retired with full benefits while under investigation for mistreating law clerks.

  • But a new bill from Congressman Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat, would change that.

  • Johnson says his trust act would close a loophole that allows judges to end internal investigations

  • if they retire or resign first.

  • in the federal courts are exempt from a key civil rights law,

  • leaving them with few options to seek justice when judges themselves are the wrongdoers.

  • The federal courts have made significant changes to their internal system since the Me Too movement,

  • but many employees say they're leery of reporting problems when judges judge each other.

  • Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.