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A  municipal court judge in New Jersey argues he shouldn’t be punished for informing a landlord his excuse for not showing up in court was “a lot of bullshit.”

Judge Frank Leanza says he has learned his lesson at a hearing  in front of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct.

The Judge said the landlord, accused of refusing to fix his apartment buildings, he had even twice faked heart attacks during court. He accrued  $200,000 in penalties and had ignored multiple summonses and warrants prior to his March 2006 arrest.

The landlord told the judge he had not come in court because he had been gone, an statement the judge knew to be false, he said. That’s when the judge made the BS statement.

He said he was beyond frustrated. he sais hes under stress due to his wife’s breast cancer and the treatment shes going through, he needs thr insurance he gets as a judge to pay for the treatment.