Alvin Bragg’s indictment of Trump hasn’t made him many friends on the right. One of his new enemies is seeking revenge.
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, will hold a “field hearing” on April 17th at 9 AM in the Javits Federal Building focused on Bragg’s “pro-crime, anti-victim” policies.
The hearing is dubbed “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan.” Bragg’s spokesperson refuted the hearing’s premise.
“Don’t be fooled, the House GOP is coming to the safest big city in America for a political stunt,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “This hearing won’t engage in actual efforts to increase public safety, such as supporting national gun legislation and shutting down the iron pipeline.”
NYC’s Democratic representatives argued Jordan was weaponizing Congress against Bragg’s lawful investigation, hypocritical given his attacks on Bragg’s perceived weaponization of the justice system.
“He scheduled a hearing here in NYC in an attempt to intimidate the Manhattan DA and interfere with the prosecution of Donald Trump,” tweeted Rep. Ritchie Torres.
“How is this remotely ethical?”
Jordan, in a tweet, said that Bragg’s “radical” policies led to an increase in violent crime in New York City.
Another Trump-aligned Republican House member, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, similarly depicted New York City as a nightmare metropolis despite NYPD statistics that show significant recent drops in murders and shootings.
Rep. Daniel Goldman of New York, who led the first impeachment of Trump, decried reports that Trump is puppeting Jordan and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as his “taxpayer-funded legal defense team to interfere in an ongoing criminal investigation.”
“If true, this is a gross abuse of power and they must explain to the American people exactly what coordination exists,” he tweeted.
McCarthy, Jordan, and Greene, one should note, are not New Yorkers.
