Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg slammed House Republicans just hours after lawmakers tried to double down on questions about former President Donald Trump’s money case.
Bragg, who blasted GOP leaders’ “unprecedented investigation” in a letter earlier this week, took a second author’s letter on the case from Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), James Comer (R-Ky.) and Bryan Steil ( R-Wis.) – three officials who chair the House Judiciary, Oversight and Administration Committee.
Bragg, in his response Saturday, stressed that his office evaluates cases “based on the facts, the law and the evidence.”
“It is inappropriate for Congress to interfere with pending local investigations,” Bragg wrote.
“Unprecedented investigations by federally elected officials into pending matters serve only to obstruct, disrupt and undermine the legitimate work of dedicated prosecutors.”
The response to the GOP trio, who wrote that they have requested documents and testimony in the case, after taking issue with the possibility of Trump’s indictment and claiming that Bragg is “under political pressure from left-wing activists and former prosecutors in” his office. .
“The potential criminal indictment of the former president … implicates substantial federal interests, especially in jurisdictions where trial judges are also popularly elected,” top House Republicans argued in a letter on Friday.
He wrote later: “Your conclusion that constitutional oversight responsibilities will interfere with law enforcement is wrong and unconvincing.”
Lawmakers, in the letter, also teased that the Judiciary Committee could create legislation to protect current and former presidents “from state and local improper prosecutions.”
You can read House Republicans’ full letter here.
The DA’s office, in addition to communicating with the House GOP chair, has acknowledged the possibility of intimidation and threats regarding the case in recent days.
The office reportedly received a letter containing a white powder with a threatening note addressed to “Alvin” on Friday. The contents of the letter were then deemed harmless.