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Rep. Jim Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has asked Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and another top state prosecutor to testify over Donald Trump’s prosecution.
In letters sent on Friday to Bragg and Matthew Colangelo, senior counsel to the DA’s office, Jordan called on the prosecutors to testify before the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on June 13.
“This hearing will examine actions by state and local prosecutors to engage politically motivated prosecutions of federal officials, in particular the recent political prosecution of President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office,” Jordan wrote.
Jordan’s request for their testimony the day after Trump’s guilty verdict is part of a push by Republicans to discredit the hush money prosecution.
Trump has long accused Judge Juan Merchan and prosecutors in the case of being agents of a Democratic plot to undermine his presidential campaign. His allies in Congress have also tried to use their positions to undermine the case, filing ethics complaints against Merchan and — as Jordan has done — seeking testimony from prosecutors.
The baseless attacks against those involved has led to a surge in violent threats. Advance Democracy, a nonprofit that monitors right-wing social media, reported a flood of posts calling for violence and doxxing against the jurors, Bragg and Merchan.
Neither Bragg nor Colangelo has responded to Jordan’s request to testify. Democrats swiftly pushed back on calls for their testimony. Subcommittee member Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., posted on X that Congress has no jurisdiction to investigate the prosecution of Trump, who is not currently a federal official.
Jordan has also tried to undermine the election interference case against Trump in Georgia, launching an investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ “cooperation” with the former House Jan. 6 committee. In March, Jordan issued a subpoena for documents from Willis’ office after she refused to comply with earlier requests.