Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Will Testify 1 Day After Trump's Sentencing
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Bragg and fellow Trump prosecutor Matthew Colangelo will testify before Congress as Rep. Jim Jordan requested.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has agreed to testify before Congress on July 12, a day after former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money trial.
A spokesperson for Bragg’s office confirmed Tuesday that he will appear before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government alongside Matthew Colangelo, the former high-ranking Justice Department official who was hired by Bragg in 2022 and helped lead the Trump investigation.
Bragg and Colangelo will face what’s likely to be a hostile, Republican-controlled hearing where the chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio has accused both men of conducting a “political prosecution” in the case against the former president. It will mark the latest effort by Trump’s closest allies in Congress to discredit the recent 34-count conviction by going after local and federal prosecutors who have charged him.
“It undermines the rule of law to spread dangerous misinformation, baseless claims, and conspiracy theories following the jury’s return of a full-count felony conviction in People v. Trump,” a spokesperson for the Manhattan DA’s office said. “Nonetheless, we respect our government institutions and plan to appear voluntarily before the subcommittee after sentencing.”
Trump, the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee, was convicted last month of falsifying records to cover up hush money paid to a porn actor during the 2016 presidential campaign and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11. Before then, prosecutors will be making recommendations to a judge about what kind of punishment Trump deserves.
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