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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse GOP chairmen ask Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg to testify on Trump probe
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-gop-chairmen-ask-manhattan-d-a-alvin-bragg-to-testify-on-trump-probe/ar-AA18RdnG?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=47b0845ab8dd43b6bf2eda7c4d409187&ei=12"You are reportedly about to engage in an unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority: the indictment of a former president of the United States and current declared candidate for that office," the letter, obtained by NBC News, says. It comes ahead of a pending New York grand jury decision in the case.
"This indictment comes after years of your office searching for a basis any basis on which to bring charges, ultimately settling on a novel legal theory untested anywhere in the country and one that federal authorities declined to pursue," they continued. "If these reports are accurate, your actions will erode confidence in the evenhanded application of justice and unalterably interfere in the course of the 2024 presidential election."
The letter was signed by House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky.; and House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis.
I hope DA Alvin Bragg tells them to fuck off, he doesn't answer to them, he answers to the people of NY.
Marius25
(3,213 posts)And then tell them to go to Hell.
Republicans are so evil and hypocritical it's astounding.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,092 posts)Ocelot II
(115,270 posts)and I hope he does.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,092 posts)DA Bragg won't be intimidated by this treasonous MAGAt's.
Walleye
(30,702 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Walleye
(30,702 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)While also stipulating that this collection of words does accurately describe their de facto intent.
Walleye
(30,702 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)And then they start talking of Contempt of Congress charges ... then I'd say we could start getting into whether it's legally 'Obstruction of Justice', though even then there's effectively nobody who's going to charge the GOP members of a Congressional Committee for doing it.
Walleye
(30,702 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)They may not go after the congressmen for obstruction, but they aren't going to entertain any type of criminal referral ... so at least we got that going for us.
Which effectively means, Bragg can totally get away with telling these assholes to get stuffed, and I indeed hope he does
JanLip
(845 posts)Blowing smoke!!
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)They're like toddlers, anything untoward they know they can get away with, they'll try it.
triron
(21,914 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,891 posts)I wouldn't even bother to respond.
Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)I can't recall law enforcement figures ever being legally forced to testify on a case that is pending.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,092 posts)I would add, "now fuck off".
The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)But it should already have been announced that no subpoena issuing from the current House will be enforced by the Executive branch...
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,092 posts)I like it.
Botany
(70,288 posts)Republican members of the Congress have zero authority over the office of the Manhattan District Attorney
Alvin Bragg and they trying to stop the enforcement of the laws of the State of N.Y. to protect a Russian
Asset* in Donald Trump.
* https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216473597
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)in a letter without running afoul of any such charges.
This is not to say the 'obstructing justice' is not the effective intent, just that there's no statute that would cover this that would give a prosecutor 'cause' to seek that sort of charge for it.
This is just grandstanding for the Base for 2024, they ain't gonna DOOOO ... shit.
tavernier
(12,322 posts)Im betting we will all be surprised, some of us pleasantly, others, not so much.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)"reportedly" "unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority" "indictment of a former president" "indictment" "a novel legal theory" "federal authorities declined to pursue" "interfere in the course of the 2024 presidential election".
The basis for any of this wild speculation? Radio signals beamed through their fillings? Chicken entrails? Cloud formations? Hobgoblins jumping from one neural synapse to another? What are you nitwits talking about, anyway?
musclecar6
(1,680 posts)Bragg, two words would to mind as the appropriate response Pack Sand .
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)But maybe it's different in different regions
Still, I look forward to the response, if any, being along those lines
bigtree
(85,915 posts)...and will amount to nothing but that.
Bragg isn't going to pay them any mind right now.
maxrandb
(15,188 posts)Demonstrated what to do with worthless pieces of paper.
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)Ignore it. AND, don't forget to remind people that No Jacket DID ignore his own subpoena before Congress---just like he habitually ignored his OSU colleague, while said colleague sexually assaulted members of their wrestling team.