Key takeaways:
- The district attorney’s office has argued that complying with the Republicans’ request would “interfere with law enforcement” and would represent an “unlawful incursion into New York’s sovereignty.”
- The district attorney’s office has made it clear that it will not comply with the House Republicans’ request for information.
- The request only came after Donald Trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day.
The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has responded to a demand for testimony from top House Republicans, calling it an “unprecedented” intrusion into a local prosecution. In a letter to the Republican lawmakers, Leslie Dubeck, the general counsel for the district attorney’s office, said that the requests for information “only came after Donald Trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day and his lawyers reportedly urged you to intervene.”
The district attorney’s office argued that complying with the Republicans’ request would “interfere with law enforcement,” and would represent an “unlawful incursion into New York’s sovereignty.” Congress, the DA added, is “not the appropriate branch” to review a pending criminal case.
The letter was in response to an inquiry from the House Republicans regarding the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s alleged hush money payments to an adult film actress during the 2016 campaign. The district attorney’s office noted that the inquiry was “unprecedented” and that it was “not the appropriate branch” to review a pending criminal case.
The district attorney’s office has made it clear that it will not comply with the House Republicans’ request for information. The office has argued that the request is an “unlawful incursion into New York’s sovereignty” and that it would interfere with law enforcement. The office has also noted that the request only came after Donald Trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day.
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