A Tennessee Democrat gets expelled from the US Senate after being convicted with fraud charges.
Reports revealed that State Sen. Katrina Robinson of Mempis was expelled from the state Senate after she was convicted of wire fraud last fall.
According to the police reports, Robinson was accused of stealing $600,000 from a health care school she ran.
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The stolen money was allegedly used to pay for her “wedding” and “other personal expenses” before she was in office.
The state senators voted 27-5 on Wednesday for her expulsion after a recommendation from the Ethics Committee following her conviction.
“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.” Senate Speaker Randy McNally said.
In response to the scandal, Robinson called the expulsion a “procedural lynching” arguing that the process was “racist” and “misogynistic” and talked about scandals that other state senators got involved in but have not been expelled.
Robinson was acquitted by a judge on 15 of 20 charges and a jury convicted her on four of the five charges of wire fraud.
Two of the four remaining charges were later dismissed by a judge and she was ultimately convicted on just two of the 20 counts, involving $3,400 in wedding expenses in 2016.
