House Republicans' request for testimony on the Trump investigation is slammed by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office

Three House GOP chairmen were criticized by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office on Thursday for taking it too far in asking for DA Alvin Bragg's testimony. This was in the hush money investigation involving former President Donald Trump.

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Leslie Dubeck, general counsel for the Manhattan district attorney's office, referred to their request as "an unprecedented inquiry into a pending local prosecution" in a letter obtained by Trade Algo. She said it came only after Donald Trump misled the public into believing he would be detained the following day. His attorneys reportedly pleaded with you to participate.

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Dubeck argued that "neither fact is a legitimate basis for a congressional inquiry." The district attorney in New York is an "official tasked with the responsibility to conduct all prosecutions for crimes and offenses cognizable by the court of the county in which he serves."

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Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jim Jordan, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee James Comer, and Chairman of the House Administration Committee Bryan Steil were the recipients of the letter.

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Dubeck stated in his letter, "These are fundamental police authorities belonging to the State, and your letter trespasses into the ground very obviously reserved for the States." It implies that the inquiry by Congress is "conducted purely for the personal aggrandizement of the investigators or to "punish" those probed" and is "indefensible."

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Dubeck asked to meet with committee personnel to "better understand" their information requirements.

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Bragg received a letter from the three Republican chairs earlier this week asking him to testify before Congress.

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They wrote on Monday, "You are apparently ready to participate in an unparalleled abuse of prosecutorial authority: the indictment of a former president of the United States and current avowed candidate for that office."

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Their letter was written after Trump said on Saturday that he would be detained on Tuesday in a tweet on his social media network Truth Social. The Manhattan grand jury investigation into a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, however, has not yet concluded. Their letter represented the committees' first investigative move after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, promised to look closely at those looking into Trump.

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While all that was snooping on, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, expanded a larger GOP investigation into Bragg on Wednesday by requesting testimony from two former prosecutors.

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Jordan issued the letters to Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne, two former prosecutors who worked on a case against Donald Trump and his business, the Trump Organization. Last year, Pomerantz and Dunne abruptly left their Manhattan district attorney positions.

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Jordan demanded in his letter that the former prosecutors turn over all documents and material from January 2017 to the present. In addition, he demanded that they testify in a recorded interview "as soon as possible."

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Jordan wrote to Pomerantz, "Last year, you resigned from the office over Bragg's initial hesitation to bring charges, embarrassing Bragg in your departure letter—which was later leaked—into filing charges. We ask for your help in monitoring this politically influenced the prosecutorial decision. This is because of your special involvement in this case and your later statements in the public that cast doubt on the fairness of any prosecution."