Nadler Calls House Judiciary’s Focus on Alvin Bragg an ‘Outrageous Abuse of Power’

The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee accused his Republican colleagues of committing an “outrageous abuse of power” with their investigation of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg during a committee field hearing held in New York City on April 17.
“Let me be very clear,” Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said. “We are here for one reason, and one reason only: the chairman is doing the bidding of Donald Trump.
“Committee Republicans designed this hearing to intimidate and deter the duly elected district attorney of Manhattan from doing the work his constituents elected him to do. … They’re using their public offices and resources of this committee to protect their political patron, Donald Trump. It is an outrageous abuse of power. It is, to use the chairman’s favorite term, the weaponization of the House Judiciary Committee.”…}