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category: Other
summary: U.S. District Court Judge and political ally of Edwin Meese III accused of
  acting as a damage control agent for the DOJ in PROMIS scandal cases.
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- Person
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[John Paul Vukasin, Jr.](/people/john-paul-vukasin-jr/) was a U.S. District Court Judge. He was a long-time associate and political ally of [Edwin Meese III](/people/edwin-meese/). [Calvin Robinson](/people/calvin-robinson/) filed a "Pro Per" affidavit requesting that Judge Vukasin be recused from his case, believing that Vukasin was appointed to the district court bench as a "damage control agent" for Meese and the [U.S. Department of Justice](/organizations/department-of-justice/).[^1]

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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.