“We believe that our tax dollars — and that’s where I come in with the House Oversight — we believe tax dollars would be better spent prosecuting local criminals. That’…
But Tapper quoted a number of Republican senators who raised concerns about their House colleagues inserting themselves in a local investigation.
“Again, we believe that this should be done on the federal level,” he said. “We don’t believe this is a good use of tax dollars.” Former President Donald Trump has been lashing out at Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg – even posting an image of himself posing with a baseball bat next to a picture of Bragg.Comer said, “The problem with that is, this is not a local investigation.
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