Cully Stimson says a federal investigation of Krasner should be "an easy call"
Cully StimsonSenior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, writing a signed column for The Daily Signal
Heritage Foundation legal fellow Cully Stimson wrote that Judge Diamond's findings showed Krasner wanted the DAO to submit a false narrative to the court, and that, given Krasner's track record and those findings, the U.S. attorney's decision whether to investigate "should be an easy call."
“It will now be up to the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to decide whether to conduct an investigation. Given Krasner’s track record and the judge’s findings of fact and conclusions of law, it should be an easy call.”
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Where this statement fits
Did Larry Krasner Pressure Staff to Mislead a Federal Judge About a Murder-Conviction Appeal?
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and Matthew Stiegler, chief of his office's Conviction Integrity Unit, may have pressured subordinate prosecutors to blame a departed colleague and present a false account to the court about an internal dispute over a 2022 concession in a habeas corpus case, and referred Krasner, Stiegler, and the District Attorney's Office to the U.S. Attorney's Office for investigation. Krasner disputes the judge's findings and says he will appeal.
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Signed opinion column by a Heritage Foundation legal fellow, published in The Daily Signal. It summarizes Judge Diamond's opinion and argues that the U.S. Attorney should investigate.
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The column followed Judge Diamond's 40-page opinion disqualifying Krasner and Stiegler from the Johnson case and referring them to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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The column says the decision whether to conduct an investigation now rests with the U.S. attorney.
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Why this label?
Stimson recounts Diamond's findings that Krasner wanted a false narrative presented, adopts them, and argues that they and Krasner's record make an investigation an easy decision. The closest competing label is “Challenged the characterization”, because much of the column restates the opinion. That loses because he adds his own evaluation that the U.S. attorney should investigate and that the decision is easy.
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