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A March 31 letter from the office of Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg stated that some federal funding has gone into the investigation of former President Donald Trump or the Trump Organization by that DA’s office.
It was sent to a trio of House Republicans including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who chairs the Judiciary Committee, and Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Written by General Counsel Leslie Dubeck, the letter states that roughly $5,000 of federal money was used to investigate Trump and the Trump Organization from 2019 through 2021, before Bragg took office.
She said it came from the Department of Justice’s asset forfeiture fund.
“Most of those costs are attributed to the Supreme Court case, Trump v. Vance—subpoena-related litigation in which the DA’s Office prevailed and which led to the indictment and conviction of Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg and two Trump organizations,” the letter states.
Dubeck’s letter was sent the day after a New York grand jury voted to indict Trump. That indictment, which is currently sealed, concerns allegations about the payment of hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels by Trump’s then-lawyer, Michael Cohen.
