Bragg, Colangelo to testify on Capitol Hill, amid concerns Biden DOJ influenced hush money trial

The jury found Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree for his reimbursement of a $130,000 payment his then-lawyer Michael Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

By Nicholas Ballasy

Published: June 11, 2024 11:31am

Updated: June 11, 2024 12:41pm

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and prosecutor Matthew Colangelo agreed to testify publicly before the House Judiciary Committee on July 12, which is one day after former President Trump's sentencing hearing in the hush money case where he was found guilty.

Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree for his reimbursement of a $130,000 payment his then-lawyer Michael Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

He was found guilty on all counts. Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, has said he is innocent and vowed to fight the charges.

Colangelo worked at the Department of Justice and left his position to work on Bragg's team in December 2022 before Trump was charged.

DOJ has said it does not have records of Colangelo communicating with Bragg's office while he was working at DOJ.