Jim Jordan Hits Larry Krasner With A Subpoena After Months Of Stonewalling

Jim Jordan is done asking nicely.

The House Judiciary chairman has subpoenaed Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner after the committee says his office produced zero documents in more than two months.

The records request goes straight at Philadelphia’s sanctuary policies and the committee’s concern that illegal aliens may receive preferential treatment to help them avoid immigration consequences.

NEW: Chairman @jim_jordan subpoenaed Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner for information on his sanctuary policies after Krasner ignored the Committee's requests for months.

Sanctuary jurisdictions like Philadelphia flout immigration law and make our streets less safe.

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— House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) July 16, 2026

The House Judiciary Committee says it first asked Krasner for documents on May 4 as part of an inquiry into sanctuary jurisdictions and their handling of foreign nationals accused of crimes. The request sought records that could show how those policies work inside the prosecutor’s office.

The committee is examining whether prosecutors decline charges or reduce cases in ways that protect illegal aliens from immigration consequences. It says those decisions can interfere with Congress’s authority over immigration and may also raise federal civil-rights questions.

That gives Congress a direct legislative reason to inspect how a local prosecutor’s charging policies collide with federal immigration law.

Krasner’s office had more than two months to produce records, according to the committee. Jordan says it delivered none.

That left the chairman with one obvious tool: compulsory process.

Criminal illegal aliens shouldn't get special treatment from prosecutors.

Everyone knows that.

But Democrat DAs like Larry Krasner disagree.

— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) July 16, 2026

In the formal cover letter, the House Judiciary Committee lays out the timeline in detail. The document connects the records demand to Congress’s power to write immigration law and conduct oversight.

The first request went out May 4. Krasner replied May 18 that counsel would respond, but the committee says his July 7 letter arrived with objections and conditions instead of the requested documents.

The subpoena gives Krasner until July 29 to produce the records.

It also makes clear that the investigation is tied to potential legislation, including the Shut Down Sanctuary Policies Act, House bill 7640. That proposed law would target state and local rules that restrict cooperation with federal immigration enforcement nationwide.

Jordan’s committee says it may consider changes to the Immigration and Nationality Act so admissions of guilt can carry weight in immigration determinations even when a local prosecutor structures a case to avoid a conviction.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has been subpoenaed by the Republican chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Jim Jordan, over the city’s immigration policies.

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The House Judiciary Committee also published local coverage of Krasner’s response. The district attorney attacked the inquiry as unconstitutional and politically motivated, while offering no production of records in that response.

That coverage says the May records demand also went to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel and Sheriff Rochelle Bilal, putting the city’s wider sanctuary machinery under scrutiny.

That rhetoric does not answer the records request. It does not explain why the committee says two months passed without a single document.

Sanctuary politicians have spent years building layers of resistance between local criminals and federal immigration enforcement. Jordan is forcing one of the country’s most prominent progressive prosecutors to put his policies on paper and hand over the evidence.

The clock is now running toward July 29. If Krasner keeps stonewalling, this subpoena fight could become much more painful for Philadelphia’s far-left district attorney.

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at 100 Percent Fed Up. View the original article here.