He was impeached and removed from office back in 1988. He had pissed off a lot of people and made lots of enemies. However, a few people think he shouldn't have been impeached.
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Even some leaders of the impeachment effort now say they harbored reservations about unseating Mecham but were powerless to stop it as his own combative nature and his unwillingness to make peace with political rivals fanned the flames. But one of his chief prosecutors in the 1988 Senate impeachment trial is resolute in his estimation that the historic act was necessary.
"He had gotten money for his inauguration, and the county attorney and he had agreed it was improper for him to use it personally,'' said Phoenix attorney Paul Eckstein, who made the case against Mecham with former Superior Court Judge William French.
Mecham nonetheless loaned his auto dealership $80,000 from the inaugural fund, forming the basis for one of two impeachment charges on which the Senate convicted him.
