Tom Tiffany on Friday called the indictment a "dangerous effort by the far Left to weaponize our justice system and that should worry every fair-minded American, regardless of political affiliation." "Their blatant abuse of power is destroying our democracy and should be resoundingly condemned by all Americans who care about the rule of law," Van Orden tweeted.Īnd U.S. Derrick Van Orden, Wisconsin's newest member of Congress, echoed Fitzgerald's claims that the indictment was a "weaponization of the goverment (sic) by the left." To maintain confidence in our system, it is imperative that our justice system be impartial and that all who come before it are treated equally without regard to politics." On Thursday, Steil said: "The unprecedented move by New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg raises many questions. Department of Justice and other federal law enforcement agencies related to the Trump inquiry.įive days later, the chairmen sent another letter to the Manhattan district attorney's office suggesting House Republicans could draft legislation shielding current and former presidents from alleged "politically motivated prosecutions." Bragg's office has argued the requests would interfere with the ongoing criminal investigation. The trio demanded all documents and communications between the Manhattan district attorney’s office, the U.S. Steil last week joined House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer of Kentucky in demanding Bragg testify before Congress about his office's ongoing criminal investigation of Trump. Bryan Steil, chair of the House Administration Committee, has emerged as among the most public defenders of the former president. The move drew an immediate rebuke from Republicans in Washington, including a number of leading House Republicans who have suggested in recent days that Bragg's investigation into the alleged $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels was made to derail Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. The grand jury's decision Thursday makes Trump the first former U.S. "Bragg’s latest political stunt is outrageous and unbecoming of his office," Fitzgerald tweeted. Scott Fitzgerald, who was among the first Wisconsin Republicans to publicly back Trump during the former president's first campaign, called the decision the "latest of the weaponization of government against conservatives." He said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the man leading the hush money investigation into Trump, "abused his office to seek a political prosecution of the former President."
issues a political indictment against a former president," U.S. "With all the problems facing our country - many exacerbated by Radical Left governance - now a George Soros funded D.A. WASHINGTON – Wisconsin's top Republicans decried the decision from a Manhattan grand jury to indict Donald Trump, coming to the former president's defense in the hours after the historic move to charge Trump in connection to his role in paying hush money to a porn star in 2016. Watch Video: Grand jury indicts Former President Donald Trump in New York
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