Now that it seems almost certain that failed, one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump will indeed be indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sometime this week, Republicans in the House of Representatives are trying to harass and threaten Bragg, demanding that he appear before various committees to explain why he’s bringing charges against the failed ex-president.
For example, on Monday, ABC News reports, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) insisted that Bragg show up on Capitol Hill and bring thousands of documents with him. Sending him a letter that read, in part:
“You are reportedly about to engage in an unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority: the indictment of a former President of the United States and current declared candidate for that office.”
And Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) also attacked Bragg, telling reporters, “What we see before us is a political game being played by a local … Look this isn’t New York City, this is just a Manhattan, this is just a borough DA. Okay?”
Intimidation and attempting to demean a duly elected DA. And yet the GOP wants to be known as the party of “law and order”? Sure, as long as the law doesn’t apply to any Republicans.
All of this led Fox News host Neil Cavuto to excoriate House Republicans on his Tuesday show.
Speaking with former federal prosecutor Kevin O’Brien, Cavuto noted:
“I mean, everyone is entitled to their opinion whether he’s overreaching his legal hand. But in this case here, if you’re talking about a guy who you say is weaponizing and going way beyond the legal areas that he should as a local prosecutor, then surely the House risks doing the same if it tries to drag him before them to argue the point and essentially to intimidate him.”
O’Brien agreed:
“Right, as my mother used to say, two wrongs don’t make a right. And this certainly does escalate the situation in ways that aren’t helpful.”
Cavuto added:
“I don’t have an axe to grind in all this, Kevin. But I do wonder if the House risks looking like it’s doing the bidding of Donald Trump by creating an even bigger circus that they hope to avoid when they talk about Alvin Bragg’s circus.
“And that this perpetuates the notion that whatever Donald Trump wants, he gets. And Republicans will do his bidding.”
