NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a federal lawsuit against Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, accusing the Republican of a “transparent campaign of intimidation and attack” over the impeachment of former President Donald Trump.
Bragg, a Democrat, is asking a judge to invalidate subpoenas that Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has issued or plans to issue as part of an investigation into Bragg’s handling of the Trump case.
In recent weeks, the Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena seeking testimony from a former prosecutor, Mark Pomerantz, who previously oversaw the Trump investigation. The committee also requested documents and testimony about the case from Bragg and his office. Bragg refused these requests.
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing in Manhattan on Monday on crime in New York City and what it says are Bragg’s “pro-crime, anti-victim” policies. The DA’s office, however, points to statistics showing violent crime in Manhattan has dropped since Bragg took office in January 2022.
Bragg, in his lawsuit, said he took legal action “in response to an unprecedented and unconstitutional attack by members of Congress on an ongoing prosecution and investigation of former President Donald J. Trump in New York State.”
A request for comment from Jordan was not immediately returned.
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