Daily News | Pa. House Republicans to file articles of impeachment against Philly DA Larry Krasner
House Republicans’ announcement comes fewer than two weeks before the midterm elections, which Republicans nationwide have tried to make about crime and rising rates of violence in cities.
“Day after day, week after week, when I watch the news, when I read the news, the increasing violence says to me, enough is enough. We must do something to help the people of Philadelphia,” he said, calling residents “prisoners of fear.” Articles of impeachment can be approved by the full House through a simple majority vote. Any trial would take place in the state Senate, and removal from office would require a two-thirds vote. In the current makeup of the Senate, removal would require a vote from every Republican, the lone independent, and five Democrats.
One member of the committee, Rep. Danilo Burgos , was stunned Wednesday morning when a reporter told him of House Republicans’ plans, saying “there’s nothing that says that [Krasner] committed a crime.” Republicans initiated the investigation over the summer for what they called Krasner’s “dereliction of duty” as a prosecutor. They pointed to rising rates of gun violence in Philadelphia. Last year, the city recorded 562 homicides, the most ever recorded in the city’s history, and this year was on a similarly violent path.
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