Bragg's office rages against House GOP's attempts to derail the judicial system

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg hit back at House GOP leaders who threatened to subpoena him, accusing them of 'dangerous usurpation' of the judicial system. 

Leslie B. Dubeck, the general counsel for Bragg's office, wrote to the three committee chairmen who demanded documents and testimony from Bragg asking them for a list of questions they wanted to ask the DA and to 'to describe the type of documents you think we could produce' without interfering in the case. 

Dubeck knocked Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, Oversight Chair James Comer and Administration Chair Bryan Steil for choosing to 'collaborate' with former President Trump's efforts to 'vilify and denigrate' Bragg. 

Bragg's office asked the chairmen to come to a 'negotiated resolution' before serving the DA with a subpoena. 

'As Committee Chairmen, you could use the stature of your office to denounce these attacks and urge respect for the fairness of our justice system and for the work of the impartial grand jury,' she suggested, calling to mind Trump's threats of 'death and destruction.' 

The GOP chairmen in a series of two letters demanded Bragg provide information and testimony, and said he faced 'political pressure from left-wing activists.'

In their second letter, the lawmakers said they were investigating Bragg for the legislative purpose of potentially proposing a bill to shield former presidents from state investigations for 'personal acts.' Committees must have a legislative purpose when they issue subpoenas, as they have threatened to do with Bragg.   

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg hit back at three House GOP leaders who threatened to subpoena him, accusing them of 'dangerous usurpation' of the judicial system

But Bragg's office accused the chairmen of drumming up 'a baseless pretext to interfere with our Office's work.' 

'We urge you to refrain from these inflammatory accusations, withdraw your demand for information, and let the criminal justice process proceed without unlawful political interference.'

A Manhattan grand jury dramatically voted to indict Donald Trump over $130,000 in hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, making him the first ever former president to face criminal charges. 

It marks the end of a years long investigation into hush money paid to adult movie star Stormy Daniels in 2016, allegedly to buy her silence about their affair.

The indictment means he is the first former president to be charged with a crime and it takes the country into uncharted legal and political territory, with a candidate for president now facing arrest and the prospect of humiliating court appearances.

Bragg's office asked the chairmen to come to a 'negotiated resolution' before serving the DA with a subpoena

 Bragg's office indicted Trump on Thursday night 

The House Republican lawmakers also have trained their sights on two former prosecutors who resigned from the Manhattan DA's office over handling his investigation into former President Trump.

Attorney Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne sought to prosecute Trump in 2022 and resigned after Bragg rejected their legal theories.

That came amid a lack of movement in what had been dubbed a 'zombie' case.

The letter notes that the two 'resigned from the office over Bragg's initial reluctance to move forward with charges in 2022.'

'Bragg is now attempting to 'shoehorn' the same case with identical facts into a new prosecution,' said the letter.

Bragg's office shot back: 'Your examination of the facts of a single criminal investigation, for the supposed purpose of determining whether any charges against Mr. Trump are warranted, is an improper and dangerous usurpation of the executive and judicial functions.'