Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled House voted Wednesday to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) over allegations that his policies led to a spike in violent crime.
whether there has been an increase in national violent-crime rates recently, The Washington Post has reported, though a number of Republican politicians ran in the November elections with tough-on-crime pledges.
“Every decision I make as District Attorney is with the goal of seeking justice and improving public safety,” Krasner said in a statement after the report’s release. “Public safety has always been my primary goal, and I have never deviated from more intensely focusing on the most serious and violent offenses.”was introduced in the House last month.
House Democratic Leader Joanna McClinton pointed to two state officials who were previously removed through the impeachment process in
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