Pennsylvania Senate Essentially Ends Impeachment of Philadelphia DA

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks to a reporter at the election party of public defender Tiffany Caban moments before she claimed victory the Queens District Attorney Democratic Primary election, in the Queens borough of New York City, on June 25, 2019. Scott Heins/Getty Images

The Pennsylvania Senate essentially ended the impeachment trial of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday with a 28–20 vote to postpone indefinitely. Because it is postponed, the Senate could take it up again, but in the halls of the Capitol in Harrisburg, the appetite for impeachment among leadership is waning.

Wednesday’s decision could be appealed to the state Supreme Court, but the mostly Democrat Court is unlikely to change the decision.