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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is accusing House Republicans of collaborating with former President Donald Trump to interfere in the prosecutor’s criminal probe of Mr. Trump, and says their complaint of a political persecution is “baseless.”
In a six-page response Friday to the lawmakers sent hours after Mr. Bragg issued a formal indictment against Mr. Trump, Mr. Bragg’s general counsel Leslie Dubeck demanded that three Republican House committee chairmen withdraw their request that the prosecutor’s office turn over a trove of documents and communications related to the Trump investigation.
“Like any other defendant, Mr. Trump is entitled to challenge these charges in court and avail himself of all processes and protections that New York State’s robust criminal procedure affords,” the letter stated. “What neither Mr. Trump nor Congress may do is interfere with the ordinary course of proceedings in New York State.”
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican, wrote to Mr. Bragg last week seeking more than six years of communications related to the district attorney’s investigation into allegations that Mr. Trump paid $130,000 in hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
The letter was co-signed by House Oversight and Accountability Committee James Comer, Kentucky Republican, and Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, Wisconsin Republican.
