Some GOP Senators Dismiss GOP House Leaders Defending Trump Against Potential IndictmentWendell Husebø 22 Mar 2023
Some Republican senators have dismissed top GOP House leaders’ defense of former President Donald Trump against an “unprecedented abuse of authority” by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg regarding the potential indictment of the former president.
On Monday, Oversight Committee chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Administration Committee chairman Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) requested Bragg sit for a transcribed interview and demanded documents pertaining to his communication if any with the President Joe Biden’s Justice Department.
“Was the Manhattan DA’s office in communication with DOJ about their investigation of President Trump?” Jordan asked. “Was the Manhattan DA’s office using federal funds to investigate President Trump?”
“I think we should hear Alvin Bragg testify before Congress, under oath, about his vision and the fact that this is wildly political and the fact that this was not pursued by federal courts and the fact that the Department of Justice passed on this,” House Republican conference chairwoman Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) told Breitbart News on Monday.
“We gave him until Thursday to come forward,” Steil said, speaking with Breitbart News. “We look forward to his response.”
Among the senators who shrugged off defending Trump from the potential “unprecedented abuse of authority” were Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and John Thune (R-SD). Speaking with Punchbowl News, each senator had a varying degree of indifference to calls for transparency from House leadership.
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