Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has rejected another letter from three House Republican chairmen seeking more information on the hush money probe that could lead to former President Donald Trump’s indictment.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, and Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil argued in a letter to Bragg on Saturday that Congress should have access to documents and testimony in the ongoing investigation into a $130,000 payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Slams Republicans
Contrary to your letter’s primary argument, this issue transcends local and state concerns. It was written by legislators that “the potential criminal indictment of a former President of the United States by an elected local prosecutor of the opposing political party who is running for re-election implicates substantial federal interests.”
Bragg, who had previously pushed back against the Republicans for requesting his congressional testimony regarding the investigation, did so again in a statement posted to Twitter on Saturday evening.
The evidence and the facts are what matter in our jurisdiction,” Bragg wrote. The House and Senate should stay out of local investigations. The unprecedented federal investigation into an open case is impeding, disrupting, and undermining the legitimate work of our dedicated prosecutors.
In a letter sent last week, the three Republican chairs had requested Bragg’s testimony.
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Trump Hush Money Trial
Trump falsely predicted in a post to his social media platform Truth Social over the weekend that he would be arrested on Tuesday.
After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) vowed to investigate the investigators of Trump, this was the first time the committees actually did anything. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office criticized the Republicans, claiming they had exceeded their request.
Leslie Dubeck, general counsel for the Manhattan DA’s office, described their request for Bragg’s testimony as an unprecedented inquiry into a pending local prosecution, which occurred only after Donald Trump created a false expectation of being arrested the next day, and his attorneys reportedly asked for your assistance.
Since then, Trump has intensified his attacks against Bragg and the investigation, threatening potential death and destruction if the district attorney indicts him in an early Friday Truth Social post.
Two law enforcement officials reported later that day that the FBI and New York Police Department were investigating a letter containing a death threat and white powder that was sent to Bragg’s office.
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