Charles "Cully" Stimson is a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, where he is acting director of the Institute for Constitutional Government and manages the National Security Law Program.
Case
A federal judge disqualified Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner and a top aide from a murder-conviction appeal, declined to disqualify the District Attorney's Office, and referred all three to federal prosecutors, writing they may have violated the law. Krasner disputes the findings and plans to appeal.
Role at the time: Senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, writing a signed column for The Daily Signal
Statement summary
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.”
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.
Statement dates: September 17, 2026
