A nonprofit group’s research has restoked the debate about federal judges who accept all-expenses-paid trips for educational seminars.

The Center for Public Integrity dug through disclosure forms judges filed during the past 4 1/2 years and found that 185 federal district and appeals court judges — 11 percent of federal judges — reported attending at least one seminar at which foundations or corporations paid for air fare, hotel stays and meals.

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