Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee have called upon Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to testify before the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
This development follows the recent conviction of former President Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York.
The request was formalized in a letter from House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, who expressed concern over Bragg's role in what he termed "politically motivated prosecutions of federal officials," specifically referencing the case against Trump.
While the details of the hearing have not been publicly disclosed by Jordan, nor listed on the Judiciary Committee's website, he mentioned in his letter that a list of additional witnesses to testify was enclosed.
In a similar vein, Jordan also drafted a letter to Matthew Colangelo, a high-ranking official in President Biden's Department of Justice and a prosecutor in the Trump case. The letter addressed Colangelo's involvement in the prosecution.
Trump's conviction, handed down on Thursday, pertains to 34 counts of falsified business records, allegedly linked to payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to suppress information about a purported affair. Under New York law, falsifying business records is typically a misdemeanor.
However, Bragg and his team argued that the crime served a different purpose and could thus be elevated to a felony. This distinction is crucial as misdemeanor charges would have been outside the statute of limitations. In his instructions to the jury, Judge Merchan clarified that they did not need to agree on the nature of the underlying crime to escalate the charges from misdemeanors to felonies.
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