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Dear President Trump, It was my great honor to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in your Administration. You asked me to prioritize public safety, and that is exactly what I did. While Larry Krasner, the radical leftist Philadelphia District Attorney, was letting violent criminals go and refusing to prosecute rioters, looters, and arsonists, our Office was putting them in jail and standing up for law-abiding citizens. In the spring of 2020, I prosecuted and won an election fraud case against a Judge of Elections in South Philadelphia who was stuffing the ballot box. I also...

Agents detained Anthony Smith, a social studies teacher and one of the organizers of the Philadelphia Coalition for Racial Economic and Legal Justice (Philly for REAL Justice), at his home Wednesday morning, his attorney Paul Hetznecker said. His arrest came just days after he was lauded in an article in Philadelphia Magazine for his activism. U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain has scheduled a news conference Thursday to announce the indictments on charges related to “police vehicle arsons.” Sources familiar with the investigation said it is tied to the unrest that roiled the city in May after the police killing of...

Eight other men have already been sentenced for their roles in the conspiracy PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jarret Lea, 27, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced to 17 years in prison and 15 years of supervised release by Senior United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle, III, for engaging in a conspiracy to advertise child pornography online. Lea was also ordered to pay a total of $33,221.45 in restitution to various victims. In April 2019, Lea pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to advertise child pornography.Using Discord, an online communications application that...

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Archie Kissling, 25, of Aston, PA, was sentenced to 35 years in prison, 10 years of supervised release, and $39,000 in restitution by United States District Court Judge Jan E. DuBois for multiple child exploitation offenses, stemming from his sexual abuse of a young child for months, and his extensive collection of horrific child pornography. Kissling’s sentence also requires him to register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law.In July 2019, the defendant pleaded guilty to six counts of manufacturing child pornography, and one count each of transportation and...