Pat Christmas with the Committee of Seventy says this long process could take months and it's highly unlikely that Krasner would ultimately be removed. KerriCorrado has more
They say the decision to begin the proceedings to impeach Krasner did not come overnight.
Rep. Martina White of Northeast Philly, who co-sponsored the articles, says: “In my view, the lawlessness in Philadelphia has been exasperated by the intentional lack of adequate prosecution by and under Krasner’s direction.” Rep. Stephen Kinsey says “instead of holding policy hearings and hearing directly from the people most impacted or working with city leaders as well as leaders of the PA Philly Delegation to address gun violence, they choose to bring forth legislation to impeach DA Larry Krasner.”“There would be an investigation and debate in the Pennsylvania House and then there would be a vote.
“And the votes would not be there, as far as I could tell, to actually remove him from office if that is the real objective of this announcement,” Christmas said.
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