Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 16-377 Re: Scott C. DuPont

*1131 We have for review the recommendation of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) that Judge Scott C. DuPont of the Seventh Judicial Circuit be removed from office for violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 12, Fla. Const. We previously entered an order in this case approving the JQC's recommendation of removal and removing Judge DuPont from office. See In re DuPont , No. SC16-2103, 2018 WL 3153686 (Fla. June 25, 2018). This opinion follows.

I. BACKGROUND

Judge DuPont was elected to the Seventh Circuit bench in 2010. At the time, he was…