Soros-linked DA warns Trump after DC crime crackdown: 'Better not try it in Philly'

"[Trump] may think he's going to try it in other places. But the fact is, legally, he has much less of a right to do any of this in other cities," said Krasner, who has been backed by left-wing Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros.

"There is no indication that this man is in favor of law-abiding behavior of public safety. But he is in favor of power. He is in favor of fascism. He is in favor of ending democracy."

When asked what he would do if Trump tried to incur into the sixth-largest city in the U.S. - which, notably, has one of the largest so-called "open-air drug markets" in the Kensington neighborhood - Krasner said he hopes there will be judges in Pennsylvania who "still believe in the law, even if some of his hacks on the Supreme Court do not."

Krasner said Philadelphia is the "cradle of democracy" and "that's why our name has been in [Trump's] mouth in malicious ways for a very, very long time."

The prosecutor dismissed claims about rampant crime in Philadelphia, claiming homicides are the lowest in 50 years and that there are also low incarceration rates.

Pennsylvania Republicans in the state legislature - with a GOP-controlled Senate and narrowly Democratic-controlled House - attempted to impeach Krasner in 2022. The effort was halted by Judge Ellen Ceisler, who ruled the legal standard of "misbehavior in office" was not met by the seven articles filed by the House.