Conn. Panel to Begin Impeachment of Gov. (Rowland)

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=718&e=2&u=/ap/20040430/ap_on_re_us/connecticut_governor

By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press Writer

HARTFORD, Conn. - Members of a special legislative committee that has been considering whether Gov. John G. Rowland should be impeached asked its lawyer to draft an article of impeachment Friday because he has not cooperated with their probe.

The decision came after a lawyer for Rowland refused to testify before the House Select Committee of Inquiry, which has been trying to obtain the personal financial records of the governor and his wife.

There still would be many steps before Rowland might actually be impeached. The article could be presented to the committee some time next week. A committee co-chairman said the panel then could vote merely to accept it, to recommend it to the House, to delay action or to reject it.

Rowland, 46, a Republican, has been under increasing pressure to resign since admitting in mid-December that he lied about who paid for improvements to a summer cottage.

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