Philly DA’s ‘hunt you down’ warning to ICE draws calls for DOJ criminal probe
Ask who never gets charged.
Soros-backed Democratic prosecutor Larry Krasner is facing criticism for his inflammatory remarks against federal immigration enforcement, with a Republican lawmaker urging the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation after Krasner said he would "hunt down" ICE agents.
Krasner, the district attorney for Philadelphia, took to the podium at Penn Square last week to denounce ICE agents as "a small bunch of wannabe Nazis," adding, "if we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities."
House Intelligence Committee member Greg Steube, R-Fla., called out Krasner and recommended that Attorney General Pam Bondi take a closer look at his ever-escalating remarks on the issue.
Steube cited federal code categorizing threatening a federal officer as a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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"The DOJ should absolutely arrest and convict this guy," he said.
Krasner previously said he would seek to arrest and prosecute federal agents who "come to Philly to commit crimes" — in an apparent reference to allegations that law enforcement acted unlawfully when shooting a Minnesota woman who appeared to intentionally hit one of them with her car while disrupting an operation.
In the remarks that drew Steube’s ire, Krasner boasted that the 350 million Americans who live in the U.S. outnumber the "small bunch of wannabe Nazis" before offering to work with other states’ prosecutors to pursue them criminally after President Donald Trump’s term ends.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Justice Department to ask whether it planned to follow Steube’s recommendation, but received no response. A White House official who was asked about the situation directed Fox News Digital back to the DOJ.
Krasner also earned a rebuke from his own party, as Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro told Fox News that such remarks are "unacceptable… abhorrent and it is wrong; period; hard-stop; end of sentence."
"We have a psychopath with a badge," fellow Pennsylvanian Rep. Dan Meuser, a Dallas Republican, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
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Meuser condemned Krasner for repeatedly failing to prosecute actual violent criminals, citing a reported prosecution rate of 30% for such crimes.
"Every responsible Democrat must condemn this …
Ask who never gets charged.
Soros-backed Democratic prosecutor Larry Krasner is facing criticism for his inflammatory remarks against federal immigration enforcement, with a Republican lawmaker urging the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation after Krasner said he would "hunt down" ICE agents.
Krasner, the district attorney for Philadelphia, took to the podium at Penn Square last week to denounce ICE agents as "a small bunch of wannabe Nazis," adding, "if we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities."
House Intelligence Committee member Greg Steube, R-Fla., called out Krasner and recommended that Attorney General Pam Bondi take a closer look at his ever-escalating remarks on the issue.
Steube cited federal code categorizing threatening a federal officer as a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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"The DOJ should absolutely arrest and convict this guy," he said.
Krasner previously said he would seek to arrest and prosecute federal agents who "come to Philly to commit crimes" — in an apparent reference to allegations that law enforcement acted unlawfully when shooting a Minnesota woman who appeared to intentionally hit one of them with her car while disrupting an operation.
In the remarks that drew Steube’s ire, Krasner boasted that the 350 million Americans who live in the U.S. outnumber the "small bunch of wannabe Nazis" before offering to work with other states’ prosecutors to pursue them criminally after President Donald Trump’s term ends.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Justice Department to ask whether it planned to follow Steube’s recommendation, but received no response. A White House official who was asked about the situation directed Fox News Digital back to the DOJ.
Krasner also earned a rebuke from his own party, as Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro told Fox News that such remarks are "unacceptable… abhorrent and it is wrong; period; hard-stop; end of sentence."
"We have a psychopath with a badge," fellow Pennsylvanian Rep. Dan Meuser, a Dallas Republican, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
DHS SHARES OBSCENE, THREATENING VOICEMAIL SENT TO ICE AGENT, BLAMING LOCAL POLS FOR 'INCITEMENT'
Meuser condemned Krasner for repeatedly failing to prosecute actual violent criminals, citing a reported prosecution rate of 30% for such crimes.
"Every responsible Democrat must condemn this …
Philly DA’s ‘hunt you down’ warning to ICE draws calls for DOJ criminal probe
Ask who never gets charged.
Soros-backed Democratic prosecutor Larry Krasner is facing criticism for his inflammatory remarks against federal immigration enforcement, with a Republican lawmaker urging the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation after Krasner said he would "hunt down" ICE agents.
Krasner, the district attorney for Philadelphia, took to the podium at Penn Square last week to denounce ICE agents as "a small bunch of wannabe Nazis," adding, "if we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities."
House Intelligence Committee member Greg Steube, R-Fla., called out Krasner and recommended that Attorney General Pam Bondi take a closer look at his ever-escalating remarks on the issue.
Steube cited federal code categorizing threatening a federal officer as a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS OPEN INVESTIGATION INTO WALZ, FREY OVER ALLEGED IMPEDING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
"The DOJ should absolutely arrest and convict this guy," he said.
Krasner previously said he would seek to arrest and prosecute federal agents who "come to Philly to commit crimes" — in an apparent reference to allegations that law enforcement acted unlawfully when shooting a Minnesota woman who appeared to intentionally hit one of them with her car while disrupting an operation.
In the remarks that drew Steube’s ire, Krasner boasted that the 350 million Americans who live in the U.S. outnumber the "small bunch of wannabe Nazis" before offering to work with other states’ prosecutors to pursue them criminally after President Donald Trump’s term ends.
TRUMP-ERA ICE AGENTS TARGETED FOR ‘IMMORALITY’ BY DEM TRYING TO BLACKLIST THEM FROM COP, CLASSROOM JOBS
Fox News Digital reached out to the Justice Department to ask whether it planned to follow Steube’s recommendation, but received no response. A White House official who was asked about the situation directed Fox News Digital back to the DOJ.
Krasner also earned a rebuke from his own party, as Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro told Fox News that such remarks are "unacceptable… abhorrent and it is wrong; period; hard-stop; end of sentence."
"We have a psychopath with a badge," fellow Pennsylvanian Rep. Dan Meuser, a Dallas Republican, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
DHS SHARES OBSCENE, THREATENING VOICEMAIL SENT TO ICE AGENT, BLAMING LOCAL POLS FOR 'INCITEMENT'
Meuser condemned Krasner for repeatedly failing to prosecute actual violent criminals, citing a reported prosecution rate of 30% for such crimes.
"Every responsible Democrat must condemn this …
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