In a surprise move to some, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has agreed to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s demand that he appear before Congress to answer questions about whether his successful prosecution of former President Donald Trump on business fraud charges was politically motivated.
Trump was convicted on 34 counts on May 30.
Now it could be Bragg’s turn to be the star witness:
Bragg’s response comes after House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) demanded in a letter last month that Bragg and Matthew Colangelo, another prosecutor in the case, testify at a June 13 hearing on “the unprecedented political prosecution of President Trump.” Now, the prosecutors responded Friday saying the office was “committed to voluntary cooperation,” the district attorney’s counsel Leslie Dubeck said in a letter obtained by The Hill.
As we reported,…
