Charles Fain Lehman says the referral is the next step for an office "committed to misleading the courts"
Charles Fain LehmanSenior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, writing a signed article in City Journal
Manhattan Institute senior fellow Charles Fain Lehman wrote in City Journal that Krasner has already been reprimanded by another federal judge and seen his conviction-integrity unit constrained by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and that a criminal referral would be the next logical step for an office that seems committed to misleading the courts in the name of its theory of justice.
“The criminal referral would be the next logical step for an office that seems committed to misleading the courts in the name of its theory of justice.”
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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 article in City Journal, adapted from the magazine's Substack. It summarizes Judge Diamond's referral and compares Krasner with other progressive prosecutors who have faced federal scrutiny.
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The article, adapted from City Journal's Substack, appeared two days after Judge Diamond referred Krasner, Stiegler and the District Attorney's Office to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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The article goes on to list other progressive prosecutors who have drawn federal scrutiny, including Marilyn Mosby, Kim Gardner and Rachael Rollins.
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Lehman says the referral is the next logical step for an office that seems committed to misleading the courts, so we labeled it Condemned.
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The Dispute Index. "Charles Fain Lehman says the referral is the next step for an office "committed to misleading the courts"". First published: 2026-09-21. Last updated: 2026-11-14. https://disputeindex.com/events/1363-manhattan-institute-senior-fellow-charles-fain-lehman-wrote