Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the first prosecutor in United States history to secure a criminal conviction against a former American president, will face a grilling from House Republicans next month.
NBC News reports that Bragg will testify at a public hearing on July 12th when he'll face off against members of a committee chaired by top Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).
Bragg last month convinced a jury in Manhattan to convict the former president on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election campaign.
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Republicans have argued that this shows that prosecutors are engaging in witch hunts that target prominent conservatives despite the fact that the United States Department of Justice hasn't been shy about indicting Democrats such as Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NU) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), not to mention its recent success in convicting President Joe Biden's son on gun-related charges.
"On May 31, Jordan, a conservative firebrand and close Trump ally, formally requested that Bragg and Colangelo — a member of the Trump trial team and a former Justice Department official — testify before the Judiciary subcommittee on the weaponization of the government, which is also led by Jordan," notes NBC News.
Trump, who became the first former president to also become a convicted felon, also faces criminal charges in three other jurisdictions for alleged crimes including obstructing government efforts to retrieve top-secret government documents from his Mar-a-Lago resort and conspiring to defraud the United States when he tried to illegally remain in power after losing the 2020 presidential election.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges while also regularly launching angry attacks at prosecutors who have charged him with crimes and with the judges who are overseeing his cases.