Ohio

Ohio AG Dann Likely Headed for Impeachment Proceedings

By Cleveland Law Library

If the Democrats keep their promise, Ohio's Attorney General, Marc Dann, will soon be involved in impeachment proceedings. As of this weekend, they already stripped Dann of their party's 2006 endorsement of him for Attorney General, and the process is not going to stop there. Dann, who should be the State of Ohio's most ethical attorney, has admitted to having an extra-marital affair with a staffer in his office, where allegations of sexual harassment and other improper and allegedly illegal activities have been made. Although Dann has investigated at least some of this conduct, fired offending employees, and started implementing new policies regarding email and office decorum, (see the AG website) he refuses to step down voluntarily as others have done.  The AG website outlines all of the steps Dann has taken with regard to other employees, but because Dann has not addressed his own conduct, his fellow-party Democrats, including Ohio Governor Strickland, have asked him to resign. Failing that, which Dann has so far refused to do, the Democrats are planning to impeach him. Click here to read the Plain Dealer article, and click here to read an article from the Columbus Dispatch.

Full post as published by Cleveland Law Library Weblog on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).