Pennsylvania Representative Bonner to Head District Attorney Krasner’s Impeachment Trial

Pennsylvania State Representative Tim Bonner (R-Grove City) will serve as lead manager of the Senate impeachment trial of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) over the next few weeks. 

State House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-Quarryville) appointed Bonner to head the three-person team of House managers on Friday. State Representatives Craig Williams (R-Chadds Ford) and Jared Solomon (D-Philadelphia) will round out the group. (State law requires at least one impeachment manager to come from the House minority party.)

Bonner, who served for 18 years as a prosecutor for the commonwealth and before that for Mercer County, expressed gratitude for being chosen to head the case against Krasner. 

“It is a solemn responsibility to present the evidence in the impeachment proceedings in the Pennsylvania Senate against Mr. Krasner,” Bonner said in a statement after his appointment. “As a House manager, it is my duty to present the evidence in support of a fair and just outcome regarding the allegations against Mr. Krasner. I am committed to ensuring a just outcome for Mr. Krasner and for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”

Last week, the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted nearly along party lines to commence a Senate trial contemplating the Philadelphia district attorney’s removal. The impeachment resolution, authored by Representative Martina White (R-Philadelphia), charged Krasner with being “derelict in his obligations to the victims of crime, the people of the city of Philadelphia and of this commonwealth and [of] fail[ing] to uphold his oath of office….” .. (Excerpt from The Pennsylvania Daily Star)