Two months. That’s how long Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner — funded by George Soros, protected by the progressive political machine, and apparently operating under the delusion that congressional subpoenas are optional — ignored the House Judiciary Committee’s document requests. Not a single responsive document in over two months.
Chairman Jim Jordan is done waiting.
The subpoena landed Wednesday night, ordering Krasner to produce the requested records by July 29. The original demand went out May 4. Krasner was given until May 18 to comply. He responded by calling the request “baseless,” announcing he was retaining counsel, and promising a lawyer would be in touch. That lawyer never appeared. Instead, on July 7, Krasner sent another letter — full of personal attacks on committee members and conditions for his cooperation.
Jordan’s response was exactly what it should have been: compulsory process. Produce the documents or face the full weight of congressional authority.
The substance of what Jordan is investigating cuts to the heart of what sanctuary city policies actually do in practice. The committee wants to know whether Krasner’s office has been deliberately reducing charges and softening sentencing recommendations for illegal aliens — specifically to help them avoid deportation or other immigration consequences. The question isn’t theoretical. Krasner’s office has a written policy encouraging prosecutors to consider “alternative plea offers” when a conviction might carry immigration consequences, and language explicitly stating that “low-level and nonviolent crimes should not lead to deportation.”
Let’s translate that into plain English. Krasner’s office has been operating a two-tiered justice system — one set of consequences for American citizens, and a lighter touch for illegal aliens whose deportation the DA apparently views as a problem to be managed rather than a law to be enforced. When an illegal alien commits a crime in Philadelphia, Krasner’s prosecutors are actively working to structure the outcome so that federal immigration authorities can’t act on the conviction.
This isn’t prosecutorial discretion. It’s sanctuary policy laundered through the charging process — and it directly undermines federal immigration law that Congress has the constitutional authority to protect.
Krasner’s response to the subpoena was predictably theatrical. He called it “yet another step in authoritarian efforts to do dirt in the dark” and accused Trump of spending “all day, every day, violating the law.” This from a man who just spent two months stonewalling a lawful congressional investigation while his office quietly engineered plea deals designed to keep deportable criminals on Philadelphia’s streets.
Philadelphia’s City Council also passed a package of “ICE Out” measures in April specifically designed to obstruct federal immigration enforcement. A federal judge has already blocked part of it. The resistance is coordinated, deliberate, and ongoing.
Jordan cited the potential for preferential treatment based on immigration status to violate federal civil rights laws. He also referenced a DOJ investigation into identical policies in Fairfax County, Virginia.
The deadline is July 29. Krasner can comply — or discover what happens next.
