NEW YORK — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and a member of the prosecution team that secured the conviction of Donald Trump for covering up a conspiracy to hide information from voters agreed Tuesday to testify before Congress in regards to the case next month.
“The spread of dangerous misinformation, baseless claims and conspiracy theories after the jury returned a conviction on all felony counts in People v. Trump undermines the rule of law,” a Bragg spokesman said in an announcement to the New York Daily News.
“Nevertheless, we respect our government institutions and intend to appear voluntarily before the subcommittee after the verdict is announced.”
Bragg and Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo, who gave the prosecution's opening speech within the hush money trialwill voluntarily face questions from the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on July 12, the day after Trump's conviction. Both have been the topic of relentless attacks from the appropriate, accused of being a part of a Democratic-led plot to stop the previous president from regaining power.
A jury found Trump, the likely Republican presidential candidate, guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records on May 30 after a seven-week trial in Manhattan Supreme Court, making him the primary U.S. president ever convicted of a criminal offense. Trump has said he’ll appeal and will face prison time if he returns to court. He can be accused of tampering with the outcomes of the 2020 election and hoarding and mishandling sensitive government documents. in three other casesduring which he pleaded not guilty.
The indictment in Manhattan goes back to Trump’s Refund to Michael Cohen for bribing porn star Stormy Daniels 11 days before the 2016 election as a part of a plan to cover up sordid allegations about his past from voters, which included bribes to former Playboy model Karen McDougal and a doorman at Trump Tower.
In the newest of many efforts by Trump-supporting Republicans In an effort to discredit the criminal charges against their leading presidential candidate, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan called on Bragg and Colangelo to testify before the subcommittee he chairs on “Weaponization of the Federal Government” the day after Trump’s conviction in May.
Trump's allies have claimed that Colangelo and Bragg's overlap within the New York Attorney General's office and Colangelo's former position within the Justice Department are evidence of a White House-orchestrated conspiracy to remove him. President Biden's son Hunter Biden was convicted of gun possession in a Justice Department case A jail sentence of as much as 25 years is scheduled to be imposed on Tuesday.
The House Judiciary Committee announced on Tuesday that it can even hold a hearing this Thursday to review the “political prosecution of President Trump” by the prosecutor’s office.
“The conspiracy theory that the recent jury verdict in a New York state court was somehow controlled by the Department is not only false, it is irresponsible,” Uriarte wrote.
“In fact, allegations of misconduct made without – or even contrary to – evidence undermine confidence in the justice system and have led to an increase in threats of violence and attacks on police officers and prosecutors.”
Uriarte categorically denied any cooperation between the state prosecutor's office and the federal Justice Department against Trump and said he believed this was clear to those making the allegations.
“The Department has no control over the District Attorney, just as the District Attorney has no control over the Department,” Uriarte wrote.
“The committee knows that.”
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