Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is denouncing an upcoming GOP hearing on crime in New York as a “political stunt,” the latest in an ongoing showdown between House Republicans and the office that criminally charged former president Donald Trump.
they would be holding a “field hearing” in Manhattan next week to examine how Bragg’s “pro-crime, anti-victim policies have led to an increase in violent crime and a dangerous community for New York City residents.”
Rep. Jim Jordan , the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and other House GOP allies of former president Donald Trump have rallied to Trump’s defense ever since Trump indicated that criminal charges were imminent from Bragg’s office. They have also echoed Trump’s false accusations that Democrats are engaged in a “witch hunt” and that Bragg has ignored violent crime in his own jurisdiction to go after Trump.
Bragg also cited recently released data from the New York City Police Department showing shootings and homicides are down in the city for the first quarter of 2023. His office also noted that in Bragg’s first year in office, New York City’s murder rate was nearly three times lower than that of Columbus, Ohio — a ding at Jordan, whose district is adjacent to the Columbus metropolitan area.
“If Chairman Jordan truly cared about public safety, he could take a short drive to Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Akron, or Toledo in his home state, instead of using taxpayer dollars to travel hundreds of miles out of his way,” Bragg’s office stated Monday.
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