Daily News | Pa. House Republicans say they’ll appeal a court ruling in Philly DA Larry Krasner’s impeachment case
that described the effort to remove Krasner from office as legally unsound.
State Rep. Tim Bonner, a Republican who represents parts of Mercer and Butler Counties, said during a news conference that the court had “clearly misinterpreted the impeachment proceedings against Mr. Krasner,” and failed to consider what he believed to be clear evidence of “misbehavior in office,” the required legal standard to oust an elected official.
He and State Rep. Craig Williams, a Republican who represents parts of Delaware and Chester Counties, said the court’s ruling was also improper because it was issued before the state Senate had been allowed to hear the full body of evidence at a legislative trial. They said they plan to file an appeal to the state Supreme Court by Thursday afternoon, asking the high court to allow the proceedings against Krasner to continue.
“The impeachment team believes then that all of the articles of impeachment clearly set forth sufficient behavior that would constitute misbehavior in office,” Bonner said.The appeal was expected — Williams had suggested it was likely earlier this month, after the Commonwealth Court issued an opinion explaining why it had partially sided with Krasner.
Still, Thursday’s development did little to clarify the murky status of the Republican-led effort to remove the city’s top prosecutor. The state Senate voted earlier this month
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