Jordan threatens to subpoena NY AG James for info on top Trump prosecutor in DA Bragg case

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Tuesday wrote to New York Attorney General Letitia James threatening to issue a subpoena if she did not provide him with information about Matthew Colangelo, a former employee of James who served as a prosecutor in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's hush money case against Trump.

Colangelo has attracted attention due to his departure from a senior position at the Department of Justice in 2022 to join Bragg's office as well as his later involvement in the Trump case. He and Bragg are expected to testify before the Judiciary panel next month.

Jordan initially wrote to James, and some of Colangelo's other employers, seeking information on his record and declaring that his "recent employment history demonstrates his obsession with investigating a person rather than prosecuting a crime," The Hill reported. In the Tuesday letter, Jordan reiterated his demands to James's office, setting a July 2 deadline and warning that "the Committee is prepared to resort to compulsory process to obtain compliance with our requests."

Trump was found guilty in late May of 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with a 2016 payment his then-attorney, Michael Cohen, made to Stormy Daniels. Trump has vowed to appeal the verdict.

He has further insisted that the case is part of broader political witch hunt designed to derail his 2024 bid for the White House and contended that the Biden administration worked in tandem with Bragg.

"They are in total conjunction with the White House and the DOJ, you understand," he said after the verdict. "This was all done by Biden and his people... This is done by Washington and nobody's every seen anything like it."

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