Krasner, a Democrat, claims the Republican-led effort to impeach and remove him from office is improper. He issued a formal response. And also filed suit in Commonwealth Court challenging the charges.
District Attorney Krasner in a series of press interviews this summer claimed violent crime was worse in “Trump states.” And denies his soft-on-crime policies were to blame for his city’s historically high crime rate. He is on record as saying that “Republicans lie…that’s what they do.’
The trial is expected to begin in Harrisburg on Jan. 18. A conviction and removal from office require a two-thirds vote on any of the seven articles filed against him.
Republicans currently only hold 28 of 49 seats. They will be five votes shy of enough votes to remove Krasner.
Meanwhile, voters in San Francisco recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin this summer. And Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón survived a second impeachment effort in February when organizers could not get it onto the ballot.
