Trump’s House GOP allies take fight to Manhattan DA’s turf
By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans upset with Donald Trump’s indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him. They’re trying to embarrass Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on his home turf. The House Judiciary Committee’s field hearing near Bragg’s offices was billed as an examination of the Democrat’s “pro-crime, anti-victim” policies. Democrats call it a partisan stunt aimed at amplifying conservative anger at Manhattan’s first Black district attorney and deflect from the criminal charges Trump faces. It’s the latest effort by Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s to use his congressional powers to defend Trump from what he says is a politically motivated prosecution.
