HARRISBURG, Pa. ― The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday voted to formally accept the articles of impeachment filed by the state House against Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, setting the stage for a January trial on whether to remove the progressive prosecutor from office.
The proceedings marked the first time in nearly 30 years that the upper chamber has moved forward on impeachment. And although debate around the issue has been fierce — with Krasner, a Democrat, accusing the Republican-led legislature of improperly targeting him in an illegal and unjustified stunt — Wednesday’s events featured all the pomp and circumstance of a centuries-old ritual that has been rarely used in Pennsylvania.
The state representatives chosen to manage the case — Republicans Craig Williams, of Delaware and Chester counties; Timothy Bonner, of Mercer and Butler counties; and Democrat Jared Solomon, of Northeast Philadelphia — personally delivered the articles, walking with the sergeant-at-arms from the House chambers through the Capitol Rotunda, beneath its massive dome, and into the ornate chambers of the Senate.
