Daily News | Three Pa. House Republicans say they’ll try to convince their colleagues to impeach Philly DA Larry Krasner
Three Republican state lawmakers said Monday that they plan to introduce articles of impeachment against Philadelphia District Larry Krasner over what they called his dereliction of duty in addressing the city’s gun violence crisis — an effort Krasner quickly cast as a political stunt that was potentially unconstitutional.
The GOP legislators — none from the Philadelphia area — said at a news conference in Harrisburg that Krasner was not sufficiently prosecuting lawbreakers as shootings and homicides in Philadelphia have soared over the past several years.“This isn’t about whether or not I like him,” said State Rep. Timothy O’Neal, whose district is southwest of Pittsburgh. “This is about the fact that he is willfully failing to do his job.
The announcement came as the city has continued to experience nearly unprecedented levels of gun violence — and a week after 14 people were shot, three fatally, on South Street, in the city’s worst mass shooting in years. And the move represented the first step in what would be a lengthy and almost-certainly protracted effort to remove the district attorney from his elected office. For the endeavor to succeed, the state House of Representatives would need to investigate Krasner for any alleged wrongdoing and approve his impeachment by a majority vote before senators could stage a trial and vote for conviction — a verdict that requires two-thirds of the members to approve.
Jane Roh, a spokesperson for Krasner, suggested Monday that the legislators’ effort was an attempt to undercut the will of Philadelphia voters. Krasner was easily
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