Impeachment and Censure
In September 2004, Augustine admitted violating state ethics laws during her 2002 re-election campaign, and was fined a record US$15,000 by the state Ethics Commission. As a result of the investigation, she was impeached by the state assembly in November of the same year, and temporarily relinquished office . She was the first Nevada state official to be impeached. Following a week-long trial in the Nevada State Senate, she was convicted on one charge, but acquitted on three others . Augustine was censured, but allowed to resume office.
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