Democrats accuse GOP of targeting D.A. Bragg with New York field hearing

Democrats accuse GOP of targeting D.A. Bragg with New York field hearing

Trump allies take the fight to Bragg's backyard with hearing on NYC crime
The Manhattan district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump highlights new police data that shows murders and other violent crimes have fallen in the borough since last year.

Donald Trump's congressional allies took the fight to Manhattan Monday, hosting a field hearing to attack District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, as weak on crime — all part of the Republican strategy to undermine the historic prosecution of the former president.

Led by Chairman Jim Jordan, the powerful House Judiciary Committee heard from victims of violent crime, as Republicans argue that Bragg has dropped the ball on keeping the public safe in order to focus on prosecuting Trump. Bragg's office has defended the Trump probe and points to new data showing that crime has significantly fallen in Manhattan.

The high-profile hearing represented another escalation in the ongoing battle between Bragg and Trump and his top allies on Capitol Hill.

Bragg announced this month that a Manhattan grand jury had indicted Trump in a hush-money scheme to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels during his successful 2016 presidential campaign. On April 4, Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying New York business records.