Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, the state’s second-highest elected official, faces the prospect of impeachment proceedings at the hands of another Democrat next week after two women separately accused him of sexual crimes, including rape. Fairfax has denied both claims and called them a “coordinated smear campaign.” He has been as defiant as Northam in refusing to step down. Northam’s own troubles began when a racist image from his medical school yearbook went public on Feb. 1.
