{"id":2662559,"date":"2026-09-16T15:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T19:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsoros-backed-philadelphia-district-attorney-larry-krasner-referred-for-criminal-investigation\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T19:29:05","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsoros-backed-philadelphia-district-attorney-larry-krasner-referred-for-criminal-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsoros-backed-philadelphia-district-attorney-larry-krasner-referred-for-criminal-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Soros-Backed Philadelphia DA Referred For Criminal Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsoros-backed-philadelphia-district-attorney-larry-krasner-referred-for-criminal-investigation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2662559&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge has called for a criminal examination into Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and his deputy Matthew Stiegler, citing evidence of false statements, perjury, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy.Krasner, known for his progressive platform and backing from George Soros, has a history of scandals and accusations of misleading courts. The controversy centers on a case involving Dennis Johnson, a convicted murderer seeking federal habeas corpus relief, where Krasner\u2019s office initially appeared to concede Johnson\u2019s claims without proper investigation.Later, prosecutors admitted to misstatements and misleading the court, prompting an evidentiary hearing.During this hearing,testimonies revealed misconduct and questionable cooperation between prosecutors and Johnson\u2019s lawyers,with Stiegler notably providing contradictory and dishonest testimony. The case also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-debates-whether-to-conscript-clergy-as-russia-war-rages\/\" title=\"Ukraine considers drafting clergy amid ongoing conflict with Russia\">reflects broader tensions<\/a>, with Krasner criticizing the courts\u2019 and attorneys-general\u2019s actions, while critics see the situation as emblematic of partisan and ideological conflicts in prosecutorial conduct. Krasner has publicly disagreed with the court\u2019s findings and plans to appeal, but the investigation into potential criminal misconduct is ongoing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Pointing to <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.paed.508869\/gov.uscourts.paed.508869.173.0_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">evidence<\/a> of \u201cfalse statements, false declarations made under oath, perjury, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy,\u201d a federal judge has issued a memorandum asking the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and a top deputy in his office, Matthew Stiegler.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s familiar stuff. Krasner, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/30\/magazine\/larry-krasner-philadelphia-district-attorney-progressive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spectacularly woke<\/a> prosecutor who won the office with <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/soros-weighed-in-with-even-more-money-in-das-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lavish backing<\/a> from George Soros, has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pahousegop.com\/phillycrime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long history<\/a> of scandal and crisis, and has been accused of misleading courts in several high-profile cases. This is an <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/iwFlE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">old headline<\/a> from June, covering the same ground in a different matter:<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>         <span>Image Credit<\/span>Screenshot       <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The current controversy involves an effort by a convicted murderer, Dennis Johnson, to be freed from prison, turning to the federal courts with a repeated request for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/glossary-legal-terms\/habeas-corpus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writ of habeas corpus<\/a> after state courts <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/pennsylvania\/superior-court\/2015-2706-eda-2013.pdf?ts=1424729566\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denied<\/a> his several petitions for release. Turning to the agency that prosecuted Johnson\u2019s 2009 murder case, many years before Krasner became the DA, the court asked the Philadelphia DA\u2019s office if it opposed Johnson\u2019s petitions. Without investigation, Krasner\u2019s office conceded Johnson\u2019s questionable claims about the supposedly flawed murder conviction, telling the court that prosecutors \u201cdid not oppose the granting of relief,\u201d according to the memorandum.<\/p>\n<p>Several years later, with the matter still pending before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-new-legal-team-for-impeachment-defense-after-previous-team-collapsed\/\" title=\"Trump Announces New Legal Team For Impeachment Defense After Previous Team Collapsed\">federal district court<\/a>, four prosecutors in the Philadelphia DA\u2019s office signed a motion to withdraw the earlier concession of Johnson\u2019s claims, saying that it contained \u201cmaterial misstatements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Going further, the office of the Pennsylvania Attorney General intervened, telling the court that Philadelphia prosecutors had made significantly misleading statements to Magistrate Judge Lynne Sitarski:<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>         <span>Image Credit<\/span>Screenshot       <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Faced with serious allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, District Court Judge Paul Diamond conducted an evidentiary hearing, taking testimony from a long list of prosecutors in Krasner\u2019s office. The extraordinary testimony focused on Matthew Stiegler, who supervised the unit in the DA\u2019s office that responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-accuse-dick-durbin-of-editorializing-during-scotus-hearings\/\" title=\"GOP Senators Accuse Dick Durbin of \u201cEditorializing... During SCOTUS Hearings\">habeas corpus petitions<\/a>. Diamond writes that Stiegler\u2019s testimony on the matter in his courtroom \u201cwas often contradictory, evasive, or outright dishonest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stiegler has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matthew-stiegler-4ab04b107\/details\/experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unusual background<\/a> for a prosecutor, having come to the office after working as a public defender, a defense lawyer at a nonprofit law firm, and a staff attorney at the ACLU. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.upenn.edu\/faculty\/msti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">profile<\/a> as a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s law school doesn\u2019t mention his work in the DA\u2019s office. Reflecting that background, Diamond writes that Stiegler immediately began working in what was effectively a partnership with Johnson\u2019s lawyers, meeting with them several times and agreeing not to challenge their claims.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The assigned attorney did not do her own research into the case, at the supervisor&#8217;s instruction. Indeed, the supervisor said &#8220;if it&#8217;s good enough for the Innocence Project, it&#8217;s good enough for me.&#8221; I&#8217;d be skeptical of an organization with such an institutional bias. Odd! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uoeTpTTGhY\">pic.twitter.com\/uoeTpTTGhY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric W. (@EWess92) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EWess92\/status\/2099963358858379288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The memorandum from the court describing the background of the case paints a <em>very particular picture<\/em> of Krasner and his office. The Pennsylvania <a href=\"https:\/\/www.attorneygeneral.gov\/the-office\/meet-the-attorney-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attorney general<\/a> is a Republican; as Diamond considered taking the case from the DA and assigning it to the attorney general\u2019s office, testimony showed that Krasner repeatedly complained about having his case taken over by \u201cNazis.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>         <span>Image Credit<\/span>Screenshot       <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s Soros DA 101: Republicans are Nazis, and good prosecutors don\u2019t argue with convicted murderers who ask to be released from prison.<\/p>\n<p>Through a spokesman, Krasner offered this comment to The Federalist: \u201cI respectfully and vigorously disagree with the court\u2019s findings of fact and conclusions of law. I look forward to appealing to the higher court as soon as the law allows. This remains a pending matter, which limits for now my and my office\u2019s ability to respond in the media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Federalist also asked the Pennsylvania Attorney General\u2019s Office if it would discuss the case and address Krasner\u2019s alleged repeated depiction of everyone in that office as \u201cNazis,\u201d but they didn\u2019t respond.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Chris Bray is a senior correspondent at The Federalist and a former infantry sergeant in the U.S. Army. He has a history PhD from the University of California Los Angeles, not that it did him any good. He also posts on Substack, at &#8220;Tell Me How This Ends,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbray.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feds seek probe into Krasner over falsehoods and misconduct<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":2662560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/krasner-referred.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[45746,56337,65904,36160,85768],"class_list":["post-2662559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-criminal-investigation","tag-legal-scrutiny","tag-philadelphia-da","tag-political-controversy","tag-soros-funding"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/krasner-referred.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2662559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2662563,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662559\/revisions\/2662563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2662560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2662559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2662559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2662559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}