{"id":566695,"date":"2023-03-21T00:17:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T21:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/house-gop-turns-knives-on-manhattan-da-over-potential-trump-arrest\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T00:17:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T21:17:42","slug":"house-gop-turns-knives-on-manhattan-da-over-potential-trump-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/house-gop-turns-knives-on-manhattan-da-over-potential-trump-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"#House GOP turns knives on Manhattan DA over potential Trump arrest\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a400e3799a33\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a400e3799a33\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/house-gop-turns-knives-on-manhattan-da-over-potential-trump-arrest\/#House_GOP_turns_knives_on_Manhattan_DA_over_potential_Trump_arrest\" >House GOP turns knives on Manhattan DA over potential Trump arrest\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"House_GOP_turns_knives_on_Manhattan_DA_over_potential_Trump_arrest\"><\/span>House GOP turns knives on Manhattan DA over potential Trump arrest\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/mccarthykevin_030823gn01_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 House Republicans are taking aim at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) as former President Trump teases his own imminent arrest stemming from Bragg\u2019s investigation into hush-money payments ahead of the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are backing up Trump\u2019s outrage about a \u201cwitch hunt\u201d \u2014 a familiar talking point since he ascended to the presidency \u2014 while urging supporters to remain peaceful.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>At the same time, they\u2019ve turned their attention to Bragg, seeking to paint him as a rogue prosecutor who allowed crime in the city to skyrocket while pursuing a \u201czombie\u201d case against Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following a promise from Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to investigate whether any federal funds have been spent in the probe, three House GOP committee chairs\u00a0requested testimony from Bragg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour actions will erode confidence in the evenhanded <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lication of justice and unalterably interfere in the course of the 2024 presidential election,\u201d House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), and House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) wrote in a letter to Bragg on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Years of Trump scandals have repeatedly put Republicans in a tight spot. But Bragg is a convenient target for the House GOP, which gained seats in New York in 2022 as the party heavily messaged against Democratic policies on crime. Republicans repeatedly pointed to charges being downgraded under Bragg\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve watched crime in New York where people are afraid to walk the streets,\u201d McCarthy said at a press conference kicking off the House GOP\u2019s annual issues retreat in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday. \u201cOne of the reasons we\u2019ve won races in New York is based upon this DA \u2013 of not protecting the citizens of New York. And now he\u2019s spending his time on this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are also seeking to tie Bragg to the billionaire George Soros, a frequent GOP boogeyman and major funder of Democratic causes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThis is a D.A. that got more than a million dollars from Soros,\u201d McCarthy said.<\/p>\n<p>Soros has supported the election of progressive district attorneys across the country in recent years,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-i-support-reform-prosecutors-law-enforces-jail-prison-crime-rate-justice-police-funding-11659277441\">writing<\/a>\u00a0last year in The Wall Street Journal that he hopes \u201creform-minded prosecutors\u201d will help curb injustices in the criminal system. The Soros-connected PAC Color Of Change\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/votingwhileblack.com\/color-of-change-pac-endorses-alvin-bragg-for-manhattan-da\/\">supported<\/a>\u00a0Bragg in his 2021 campaign, pledging to spend more than a million dollars in independent expenditures to help his election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019I\u2019m hoping that that rogue, left-wing radical prosecutor funded by Soros takes a step back and realizes the damage that it does to the country, and it puts country over his partisan and his political ambitions, because it is clearly a political stunt and not a legal move,\u201d said Rep. Mario D\u00edaz-Balart (R-Fla.).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe were used to seeing that in places you know, third-world countries. but that\u2019s something that doesn\u2019t happen in this one,\u201d D\u00edaz-Balart added.<\/p>\n<p>Bragg has not yet officially made any decision on charging Trump with a crime over his role in directing a $130,000 payment to adult-film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election as she prepared to go public with a story about her affair with Trump. The case is also reportedly looking at a payment of $150,000 to former Playboy model Karen McDougal earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors previously declined to pursue criminal charges against then-President Trump over the hush money but Bragg renewed the investigation upon taking office in 2021. Any charges from the New York district attorney would likely revolve around a state law relating to falsifying business records.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Republicans also echoed Trump\u2019s argument that New York\u2019s statute of limitations \u2014 five years for most felonies or two years for misdemeanors \u2014 complicates any charges. But that timeline can be extended if a defendant has lived out of state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s going to be indicting the former president on something that other prosecutors have been looking at for years, something that happened apparently back in 2016, seven years ago. So the statute of limitations is over,\u201d said Rep. Carlos Gim\u00e9nez (R-Fla.).<\/p>\n<p>Not all Republicans thought Trump was completely clear of wrongdoing, though.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cLook, at the end of the day, you cannot walk away from the fact that the former President clearly paid a porn star off to hush up right before an election. That occurred,\u201d Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who has preemptively endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for president, said on conservative commentator Glenn Beck\u2019s radio show on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>But Roy also slammed \u201cpoliticization of the justice system,\u201d calling Bragg\u2019s targeting of Trump \u201cbanana republic stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even as they circle the wagons around Trump, Republicans are being cautious and pushing back on Trump\u2019s call for protests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think people should protest this,\u201d McCarthy said, adding \u201cwe want calmness out there,\u201d and no \u201cviolence or harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a Truth <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> post on Saturday, Trump said that he could be arrested on Tuesday in connection with the Manhattan district attorney investigation and told supporters to \u201cProtest, take our nation back!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That sparked worries about\u00a0potential\u00a0violence. Trump\u2019s call for his supporters to protest the 2020 election results that preceded the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack still hang over the conference.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cLook, peaceful protests are right of the American people. And so I support peaceful protests,\u201d said Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas).<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), has also\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1637124539455815683?s=20\">said<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cwe don\u2019t need to protest\u201d Trump\u2019s potential arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything wrong with calling \u2026 for protests. Americans have the right to assemble and the right to protest,\u201d Greene said, adding that Trump \u201cdoesn\u2019t have to say peaceful for it to mean peaceful. Of course, he means peaceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greene said that she would not personally be out protesting any arrest, but plans to support Trump at an upcoming Texas rally \u2014 though noted people have \u201cthe right to choose\u201d how to respond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t need to protest,\u201d Greene said. \u201cI know what I\u2019m going to do with the 2024 election. I\u2019m going to vote every single Democrat out of office that I possibly can, and I\u2019m going to spend all of my energy fundraising and fighting to end this extreme corruption in America. That\u2019s what I think we should do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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