 Of the five justices who were investigated, Justice Menis Ketchum resigned before impeachment, plead guilty in federal court to one count of wire fraud, and had his license to practice law annulled; former Chief Justice Allen Loughry was removed as chief justice, suspended from the court, impeached on seven charges, federally convicted of 11 charges, and resigned before being tried for removal from office; Justice Robin Davis was impeached on three charges, retired on August 14—retroactively effective August 13—,and was not tried in the Senate due to an injunction from the temporarily reconstituted Supreme Court; Justice Beth Walker was impeached on two charges, voted to not be removed 32-1-1 on October 2, and remained on the court; and Justice Margaret Workman was impeached on two charges, not tried in the Senate due to an injunction from the Supreme Court, and remained on the court.In the end, only Justices Walker and Workman remained in their positions, while Justices Loughry and Ketchum resigned and were federally tried, and Justice Davis retired.In late 2017, WCHS-TV and other media outlets began reporting on spending by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.