House Democrats Chide Republicans for ‘Politically Interfering’ in Manhattan DA’s Trump Probe

House Democrats criticized their colleagues across the aisle on March 23 over what they suggested was “political interference” in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation of former President Donald Trump.
Earlier this week, amid rumors that Bragg was seeking an indictment, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), and House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) sent the district attorney a letter demanding answers about what they called an “unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority.”
“I was astonished, actually, when I saw the letter from the three committee chairs to Mr. Bragg, essentially calling on him to violate grand jury secrecy laws in New York, which, of course, is a felony. He rightly declined to do that,” Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, told reporters at the Democrats’ weekly press conference at the Capitol….}