House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced on Friday his intent to summon testimony from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and another leading prosecutor involved in President Trump’s hush money investigation.
According to a post on X by the Judiciary’s weaponization subcommittee, Jordan plans to call Bragg and prosecutor Matthew Colangelo to appear at a hearing on June 13 to address the unprecedented political prosecution of President Trump.
The rapidly scheduled hearing follows a jury's unanimous guilty verdict against Trump on all 34 counts related to ‘falsifying records’ to hide ‘hush money’ payments intended to stop a fake story about an affair with Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
Despite a request for comment, Bragg’s office did not respond immediately. Previously, Bragg has resisted Jordan's efforts to seek his cooperation, even before charges were filed, bizarrely arguing that Jordan was improperly interfering with the justice system.
“We will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the justice process, nor will we let baseless accusations deter us from fairly applying the law,” a spokesperson for Bragg’s office stated when Jordan first requested testimony in March of the previous year.
Jordan has also long targeted Colangelo, who delivered the opening statement in Trump’s New York trial, and formerly worked in Biden’s justice department.
Jordan first sought information about Colangelo’s hiring in April of last year, initiating a separate effort last month to obtain similar documents from the Justice Department. Colangelo, a former senior Justice Department official during the Biden administration, joined the Manhattan District Attorney’s office in December 2022.
Colangelo's resume boasts extensive experience with cases involving Trump. While at the New York Attorney General’s office, he was part of the team that sued Trump’s charitable organization in 2018, leading to its dissolution. Toward the end of the Trump administration, Colangelo was involved in the investigation into the Trump Organization, which later became the foundation for New York Attorney General Letitia James’s fraud lawsuit. This case resulted in a $450 million penalty against Trump earlier this year.
After his time at the Attorney General's office, Colangelo took a senior position at the Justice Department, only to return to New York two years later to join Bragg’s team.
Trump’s sentencing is set for July 11, and his legal team has indicated plans to swiftly appeal the ridiculous verdict.
