Tennessee State Senator Katrina Robinson Removed From Office Because of Conviction, Denies Wrongdoing
Tennessee State Senate voted last week to remove Democrat Katrina Robinson from office. The 41-year-old was convicted of wire fraud charges involving federal grant money earlier this month, has been removed from the legislature in a 27-to-5 vote along party lines according to Associated Press. Robinson’s removal marks the first time the chamber voted to remove a senator since the Civil War.
“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,” Republican Randy McNally, the Senate speaker, said in a statement after the vote The New York Times reported. Robinson was first accused of stealing over $600,000 in federal grant money in 2020, using the funds to pay for personal expenses and campaign events. This included her weeding, honeymoon and, and divorce according to federal prosecutors.
According to the complaint, Healthcare Institute was awarded over $2.2 million in federal grants, from 2015 to 2019 to train nurses and provide scholarships. A judge acquitted Robinson of 15 charges against her. A jury found Robinson guilty of four counts of wire fraud which totaled $3,400. However, Robinson was acquitted of two of those charges. Robinson has denied any and all wrongdoing and called the effort to remove her racist and a “procedural lynching” last week.
“I was raised in a very no-nonsense manner. I’ve gone two years and never let the public see me cry,” Robinson said Commercial Appeal reported.
“I continued to push through this ordeal to get here every week for the session, for the committee, to get back to my community even when I couldn’t raise money because people thought I was a thief.”
Before the vote, Democratic Senator Sara Kyle urged her fellow senators to vote against Robinson’s removal and “let the legal process play out.”
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