“The potential criminal indictment of a former President of the United States by an elected local prosecutor of the opposing political party (and who will face the prospect of re-election) implicat…
Members of the House Oversight and Judiciary committees rebuked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a letter Saturday for refusing to cooperate with their probe into the Stormy Daniels “hush money” case he’s pursuing against former President Donald Trump.
“Contrary to the central argument set forth in your letter, this matter does not simply involve local or state interests,” the committee shot back on Saturday. “Rather, the potential criminal indictment of a former President of the United States by an elected local prosecutor of the opposing political party implicates substantial federal interests, particularly in a jurisdiction where trial-level judges also are popularly elected.
“Critically, due to your own actions, you are now in possession of information critical to this inquiry,” the letter said.“It is not appropriate for Congress to interfere with pending local investigations,” a spokesperson for Bragg’s office told The Post in a statement. The payment was made shortly before the 2016 election from then-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to keep quiet about her alleged affair with the former president in 2006 — which Trump has repeatedly denied.
The committee fumed that Bragg’s response letter “did not dispute” that he was reportedly “attempting to upgrade a misdemeanor charge to a felony using an untested legal theory at the same time when you are simultaneously downgrading felony charges to misdemeanors in a majority of other cases in your jurisdiction.”CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
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