- The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg fired back at Republicans on Thursday.
- In the letter, the DA’s office accused the GOP of interfering in legal investigations.
- Former President Donald Trump previously claimed he would be arrested on Tuesday.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has accused top Republicans of lawmakers of being duped by fake news from former President Donald Trump.
In a March 23 letter to the leaders of three House committees, Mr. Bragg’s firm’s general counsel, Mr. Leslie B. Dubek, paid hush money to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump is under investigation for possible violations of New York law. Trump could be indicted as early as this week over allegations that he falsified business records to cover up a $130,000 check curtailed by former fixer Michael Cohen on the eve of the 2016 election, reports say. be.
Cohen himself was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 in connection with the incident, and the Trump-era Justice Department said: in a statement He was reimbursed Daniels for his payments “in monthly installments masquerading as payments for legal services made under the auspices of a vassal, when in fact no such vassal existed.”
A letter from Bragg’s office was published Thursday afternoon AxiosThis comes after the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary, Executive and Oversight Committees sent a letter to Bragg on Monday requesting more information about the ongoing investigation. is. That happened after Trump claimed over the weekend that he would be arrested this Tuesday.
Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep. Brian Steil, and Rep. James Comer have indicted Mr. Bragg for his involvement in “unprecedented abuse of the prosecutor’s office,” calling it “clearly a politically motivated prosecution decision.” He demanded that he testify about
In response, Bragg’s office accused lawmakers of starting “unprecedented.”[ed] An investigation into the pending local prosecutor’s office, one said, “only after he was allegedly created false hopes that Donald Trump would be arrested the next day and his lawyers urged you to intervene.” Sparks scattered. Congressional Investigation. “
A spokesperson for Bragg’s office said in response to the Republican inquiry that prosecutors “will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the judicial process and will not discourage the fair application of the law through baseless accusations.” No,” he told an insider.
If Trump is indicted, he will be the first former president to face criminal charges. A lawyer for the former president did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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