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WATCH LIVE: Trump charged over hush money payments to three people SKIP TO CONTENT MSNBC Logo Sponsored By * Rachel Maddow * Morning Joe * Inside with Jen Psaki * Deadline: Legal Blog * The ReidOut Blog * Columnists * MSNBC Films Bragg’s office warns GOP about ‘unlawful political interference’ * Share this — * * * * * Search Search Featured Shows * Rachel MaddowMondays 9PM ET * Morning JoeWeekdays 6am ET * Deadline WHWeekdays 4PM ET * The BeatWeeknights 6PM ET * The ReidoutWeeknights 7PM ET * All InWeeknights 8PM ET * Last WordWeeknights 10PM ET * 11th HourWeeknights 11PM ET * Alex Wagner TonightTuesday-Friday 9PM ET MSNBC TV * Watch Live * Listen Live More * MSNBC on Peacock * MSNBC Columnists * TV Schedule * MSNBC Newsletters * Podcasts * Transcripts * Help * MSNBC Store Follow msnbc * * * * More Brands Today LogoNBC News Logo More Shows * Way Too Early * José Díaz-Balart Reports * MSNBC Reports * Andrea Mitchell Reports * Katy Tur Reports * Symone * The Katie Phang Show * Velshi * Inside with Jen Psaki * Weekends with Jonathan Capehart * Alex Witt Reports * Yasmin Vossoughian Reports * PoliticsNation * American Voices with Alicia Menendez * Ayman * The Mehdi Hasan Show Search Search * Facebook * Twitter * Email * SMS * Print * Whatsapp * Reddit * Pocket * Flipboard * Pinterest * Linkedin MADDOWBLOG FROM THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW * ALL MADDOWBLOG POSTS * THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW * FULL EPISODES * PODCASTS Previous Post Next Post 00:04 /07:03 Tap to Unmute FORMER PROSECUTORS SIGN LETTER CONDEMNING RHETORIC AGAINST DA BRAGG 07:04 BRAGG’S OFFICE WARNS GOP ABOUT ‘UNLAWFUL POLITICAL INTERFERENCE’ For the first time, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office has warned congressional Republicans about their possible "unlawful political interference." March 31, 2023, 3:13 PM UTC By Steve Benen Donald Trump’s campaign against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been aggressive, even by the Republican’s standards. The former president last week called the prosecutor “a degenerate psychopath that truely [sic] hates the USA.” Soon after, Trump said Bragg is “doing the work of Anarchists and the Devil.” Subtle, it was not. The New York Times reported that the former president, behind the scenes, hoped that the over-the-top attacks “might persuade” Bragg “to walk away from the case.” In other words, Trump thought he might be able to bully the district attorney into submission. He learned otherwise late yesterday afternoon. But it wasn’t just Trump. At House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s urging, three powerful House GOP chairs — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer of Kentucky, and House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil of Wisconsin — wrote to Bragg last week, seeking, among other things, his congressional testimony. As we discussed soon after, it was a difficult move to defend, especially with grand jury proceedings underway. There was simply no sensible justification for congressional leaders interfering with the case. Jordan, Comer, and Steil did it anyway. (They also sought information from former prosecutors who worked with Bragg.) The general counsel for the Manhattan DA’s office wrote back to the GOP congressmen, denounced their request, and effectively told them to pound sand. That led the trio to send another missive, demanding that Bragg explain himself. RECOMMENDED Maddowblog MADDOWBLOGTUESDAY’S MINI-REPORT, 4.4.23 Maddowblog MADDOWBLOGTRUMP PLEADS NOT GUILTY AS 34-COUNT INDICTMENT IS UNSEALED The district attorney’s office wasn’t impressed. NBC News reported this morning: > The Manhattan district attorney’s office said in a new letter to several GOP > committee chairmen Friday that it will not submit to any requests that > “interfere” with the office’s Trump investigation. “Like any other defendant, > Mr. Trump is entitled to challenge these charges in court and avail himself of > all processes and protections that New York State’s robust criminal procedure > affords,” the office’s general counsel, Leslie Dubeck, wrote about the Trump > indictment. “What neither Mr. Trump nor Congress may do is interfere with the > ordinary course of proceedings in New York State.” After reminding the congressmen that they still don’t have the authority to interfere in a criminal prosecution at the state level, and noting that they could use their positions to encourage Americans to trust the integrity of the judicial system, Dubeck added a rather pointed paragraph. “Instead, you and many of your colleagues have chosen to collaborate with Mr. Trump’s efforts to vilify and denigrate the integrity of elected state prosecutors and trial judges and made unfounded allegations that the Office’s investigation ... is politically motivated,” she wrote. “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.” This was, as best as I can tell, the first time Bragg’s office has raised the prospect of Trump partisans possibly engaging in “unlawful political interference.” I won’t pretend to know how Jordan, Comer, and Steil will respond to the latest correspondence, but it’s likely that they’ll soon have a conversation about whether to subpoena the New York prosecutor. That would be absurd, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen. Steve Benen Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics." Previous Post On presidential indictments abroad, the GOP gets reality backward Next Post Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.31.23 Latest Post Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 4.4.23 * About * Contact * Help * Careers * MSNBC Store * AD Choices * Privacy Policy * Cookie Notice * CA Notice * Terms of Service * MSNBC Sitemap * Closed Captioning * Advertise © 2023 NBC UNIVERSAL NBC News LogoMSNBC LogoToday Logo WE AND OUR PARTNERS USE COOKIES ON THIS SITE TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICE, PERFORM ANALYTICS, PERSONALIZE ADVERTISING, MEASURE ADVERTISING PERFORMANCE, AND REMEMBER WEBSITE PREFERENCES. BY USING THE SITE, YOU CONSENT TO THESE COOKIES. 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