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A Tennessee Democrat was expelled from the state Senate on Wednesday over her conviction on fraud charges.
State Sen. Katrina Robinson of Memphis was convicted of wire fraud last fall after being accused of stealing $600,000 from a health care school she ran to pay for her wedding and other personal expenses before she was in office.
On Wednesday, state senators voted 27-5 for her expulsion after a recommendation from the Ethics Committee, FOX 13 of Memphis reported.
Democratic state Sen. Katrina Robinson looks at her phone in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. The Republican-led Tennessee Senate voted Wednesday to remove Robinson from office because of her recent wire fraud conviction, the first time the chamber has removed a senator since at least the Civil War.
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Senate Speaker Randy McNally said in a statement Wednesday, “While the expulsion of a Senator for the first time in history was not something any of us wished to see, it was a necessary action. The integrity of the Senate is of paramount importance.”
“While the expulsion of a Senator for the first time in history was not something any of us wished to see, it was a necessary action. The integrity of the Senate is of paramount importance.”
TENNESSEE DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR CONVICTED OF WIRE FRAUD
‘Procedural lynching’
Robinson called the expulsion a “procedural lynching” and claimed the process was “racist” and “misogynistic” and talked about scandals that have plagued other state senators who have not been expelled.
This undated photo provided by the Tennessee state Senate shows Tennessee state Sen. Katrina Robinson in Nashville.
(Associated Press)
“They determined she violated a criminal statute,” Republican state Sen. John Stevens said of her conviction. “How can we demand that citizens respect the integrity and reputation of the…
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