Bragg’s office is raging against the GOP’s demand that the Manhattan Attorney testify on the indictment against Trump
- Asked the GOP chairmen for a list of questions they wanted to ask the prosecution
- Also, ask them to “describe the kind of documents you think we could produce” without interfering with the case
- Trump was charged on Thursday evening – probably arrested on Tuesday
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg hit back at House GOP leaders who threatened to subpoena him, accusing them of “dangerous usurpation” of the justice system.
Leslie B. Dubeck, general counsel for Bragg’s office, wrote to the three committee chairmen seeking documents and testimony from Bragg, asking them for a list of questions they wanted to ask the prosecution and “describe the nature of the documents.” , which you think you could have produce without intervening in the case.
Dubeck slammed Justice Chairman Jim Jordan, Supervisory Chairman James Comer, and Administration Chairman Bryan Steil for choosing to “collaborate” with former President Trump’s efforts to “slander and disparage” Bragg.
Bragg’s office urged the chairmen to come to a “negotiated settlement” before serving a subpoena to prosecutors.
“As committee chair, you could use the size of your office to denounce these attacks and demand respect for the fairness of our justice system and for the work of the impartial grand jury,” she suggested, recalling Trump’s “death and death” threats. Destruction.’
GOP leaders urged Bragg to provide information and testimony in a series of two letters, saying he was facing “political pressure from left-wing activists.”
In their second letter, lawmakers said they would investigate Bragg with the legislative purpose of possibly proposing a bill to protect former presidents from state investigations into “personal actions.” Committees must have a legislative purpose when issuing subpoenas, as they have threatened Bragg.
But Bragg’s office accused the chairmen of “inventing an unfounded pretext to interfere with the work of our office.”
“We urge you to refrain from these inflammatory allegations, withdraw your request for information and allow the criminal proceedings to proceed without unlawful political interference.”
A Manhattan grand jury has dramatically voted to indict Donald Trump over $130,000 in hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, making him the first former president to be prosecuted.
It marks the end of a year-long investigation into hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016, allegedly to buy her to remain silent about their affair.
The indictment means he is the first former president to be charged with a crime and takes the country into uncharted legal and political territory as a presidential candidate now faces arrest and the prospect of a humiliating trial.
Bragg’s office urged the chairmen to come to a “negotiated settlement” before serving a subpoena to prosecutors
Bragg’s office indicted Trump Thursday night
House Republican lawmakers are also targeting two former prosecutors who have resigned from the Manhattan Attorney’s office for conducting his investigations into former President Trump.
Attorney Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne sought to prosecute Trump in 2022 and resigned after Bragg dismissed their legal theories.
This came amid a lack of movement in what has been dubbed the “zombie” case.
The letter said the two “resigned from office because of Bragg’s initial reluctance to move forward with indictment in 2022.”
“Bragg is now attempting to re-indict the same case with identical facts,” the letter said.
Bragg’s office fired back: “Your examination of the facts of a single criminal investigation to determine whether charges against Mr. Trump are warranted is an improper and dangerous usurpation of executive and judicial functions.”