Posted on 03/21/2023 12:30:20 PM PDT by Red Badger
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s team sent out a defiant public message after House Republicans opened an investigation into the potential indictment of former President Donald Trump.
Fox News reported on Tuesday a statement from a Bragg spokesperson one day after GOP lawmakers demanded records and testimony from the prosecutor who is investigating Trump over alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election cycle.
“We will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the justice process, nor will we let baseless accusations deter us from fairly applying the law,” the spokesperson said. “In every prosecution, we follow the law without fear or favor to uncover the truth. Our skilled, honest and dedicated lawyers remain hard at work.”
A trio of House Republican committee chairmen sent a letter to Bragg on Monday announcing an investigation and demanding communications, documents, and testimony in response to reports indicating that an indictment against Trump was imminent.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) signed onto the letter that warned of “an unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority: the indictment of a former President of the United States and current declared candidate for that office.”
Trump said over the weekend he expected to be arrested on Tuesday and called on his supporters to protest. A spokesperson for the former president later said Trump received no “notification” other than “illegal leaks” to the media — likely referring to reports about law enforcement preparing for the possibility of an indictment.
Just what a possible indictment against Trump will look like remains uncertain, but there is widespread expectation that it would center on a charge of bookkeeping fraud to cover up an alleged affair, which the former president denies happened. Trump, who announced a third campaign for the White House in November, claims Bragg’s inquiry is politically motivated and denies any wrongdoing.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), who led the first of two impeachment cases against Trump, condemned his Republican colleagues for opening an investigation into Bragg’s endeavor.
“Defending Trump is not a legitimate legislative purpose for Congress to investigate a state district attorney,” Goldman said in a tweet. “Congress has no jurisdiction to investigate the Manhattan DA, which receives no federal funding nor has any other federal nexus.”
Jordan issued a fiery tweet chastising Democrats for criticizing his inquiry.
“Democrats think it’s ok for them to examine and defund local police,” Jordan said. “But not ok for Republicans to examine a local prosecutor in Manhattan abusing his power to take down a political opponent.”
I would not be surprised if he were struck by a bolt of lightning just as he finished this sentence.
Bragg should remember that people like Mussolini and Nicolae Ceaușescu, the Romanian communist politician and dictator, did not come to a good end when the people have had enough.
It would be fun to see the House Committee tell the Sargent at Arms that the Manhattan DA was in contempt of Congress and have him drag the DA out of a NY court room in handcuff, while the House deliberates and forces him to publicly testify for various things.
If the NY DA indicts Trump there is going to be some serious payback that is going to poison the political process for decades.
Actually, I would like to see Biden, Obama, and both Bill and Hillary Clinton perp-walked and indited, while held in jail with no bail. I wouldn’t mind toss in a Bush into the mix. Just saying if we want a political blood letting......let it begin.
Yes, I am very angry and hope that the NY DA is much more sensible than he appears to be.
Millions of people should mail Alvin Bragg a NAZI arm band with the Dem Donkey emblazed upon it.
Question is will he ever appear? Can they force him to appear? He will lie like a dog when and if he does appear.
Or the Communist. Both are the same in this respect.
“Congress has no jurisdiction to investigate the Manhattan DA, which receives no federal funding nor has any other federal nexus.”
Except this little thing called the Bill of Rights.
He's not, else he wouldn't be doing this idiocy in the first place..................
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