The practical implications of the ruling were not immediately clear. The court did not explicitly state that the ongoing impeachment proceedings must stop.
And in the state Senate, where Krasner was scheduled to face an impeachment trial beginning Jan. 18, members and attorneys on Friday were attempting to sort out what impact the ruling might have on the process — or if they would appeal.
Ceisler said in her order that an opinion would be released later, though she did not specify a timeline.The decision was the latest wrinkle in the unprecedented and unpredictable impeachment drive in Harrisburg. Republicans have accused the city’s reform-oriented district attorney, a Democrat, of enacting policies that have fueled the city’s shooting crisis, among other issues.
But in siding with Krasner on the merits of the charges against him, the court appeared to take issue with the case’s most substantive question.
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