Judge Refers Soros-Backed Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner to Justice Department

A federal judge has referred Philadelphia’s liberal District Attorney Larry Krasner to the Justice Department for an investigation into whether he and a top deputy pressured prosecutors to lie in court in an effort to have a murder conviction thrown out.

U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond of Philadelphia penned a 40-page memo, released Tuesday, that ordered both Soros-backed Krasner and Assistant District Attorney Matthew Stiegler removed from the relitigation of the 2009 murder case.