Event TypeImpeachmentEvent Date1988-04-04Date Range1980s (1980-1989)DescriptionMecham was removed from office following conviction in his impeachment trial on charges of obstruction of justice and misuse of government funds—funds that Mecham maintained were private. These were related to his alleged failure to report a $350,000 loan from local real-estate developer Barry Wolfson to Mecham's election campaign as required by campaign financing laws. A later criminal trial acquitted Mecham of related charges.