Republicans demand Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg TESTIFY over looming Trump indictment

House Republicans are now demanding the testimony of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg ahead of his possible indictment of former President Trump.

Trump revealed over the weekend that he believed he would be arrested Tuesday in connection with a case Bragg has been working on for years involving hush money payments he made to Stormy Daniels.

The letter came before Bragg officially took action, with the chairs of three committees demanding that Bragg answer for “what clearly appears to be a politically motivated prosecution decision.”

Representatives James Comer, Chairman of the Oversight Committee, Jim Jordan, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Bryan Steil, Chairman of the House Committee on Administration asked Bragg to sit down for a transcribed interview with them “as soon as possible.” “.

The Republicans also requested all documents and communications between Bragg’s office and the Department of Justice (DOJ).

‘Was the Manhattan District Attorney’s office in communication with the Department of Justice about its investigation of President Trump?’ Jordan, R-Ohio, reflected in a tweet announcing the letter to Bragg.

‘Was the Manhattan district attorney’s office using federal funds to investigate President Trump? Alvin Bragg owes our committee answers.

The Manhattan district attorney operates independently of the federal government, so it’s unclear how much influence Congress can have.

House Republican Conference Speaker Elise Stefanik, RN.Y., told DailyMail.com in an interview that she thinks Bragg should be ‘dragged’ to testify before Congress for his ‘lack of case’ .

“It’s essentially a form of Alvin Bragg trying to meddle in the 2024 election,” he said.

“You have a radical far-left district attorney and Alvin Bragg, who has been funded by George Soros with over a million dollars to pursue political vendetta and political witch-hunts against Joe Biden’s main political opponent.”

Democrats criticized the letter and accused Republicans of interfering in a criminal investigation.

House Republicans Demand Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Testify Even Before Indicting Trump

“House Republicans have opened a kangaroo investigation into Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg just as he seeks to impeach Donald Trump,” said New York Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres.

“Defending Trump is not a legitimate legislative purpose for Congress to investigate a state district attorney,” said Rep. Dan Goldman, DN.Y.

“Congress does not have jurisdiction to investigate the Manhattan district attorney, who receives no federal funding or has any other federal connection.”

Goldman added: “With four separate criminal investigations into him, Donald Trump announced his candidacy absurdly early to create an ‘election interference’ defense.” This is a meritless, bogus, bogus, circular defense, created by himself to defend himself.’

The letter comes after House Republicans established a select committee to investigate “weaponization” within the government with the power to look into “ongoing criminal investigations.”

“Using a congressional committee to intimidate a district attorney sounds like…weaponizing the federal government,” Ranking House Judiciary Member Jerry Nadler (DN.Y.) wrote on Twitter.

Trump said he expects to be arrested this week on New York state charges related to a payment he made before the 2016 presidential election.

Prosecutors argue that he violated a New York law that prohibits falsifying business records when he marked a $130,000 payment to Daniels as “legal expenses.”

Trump could be charged with falsifying business records in connection with payments to his former attorney, Michael Cohen, who served jail time after pleading guilty to using campaign finances in connection with Daniels.

The former president could also face charges related to violations of electoral law.