Former President Trump's congressional allies have taken the fight to Manhattan, where they will attack DA Bragg as weak on crime — all part of the Republican strategy to undermine the historic prosecution of the former president.
to have the courts block the subpoenas, calling the congressional inquiry an"unconstitutional attempt to undermine an ongoing New York felony criminal prosecution and investigation" into Trump.
“With New Yorkers continuing to feel unsafe and leaving the city and state in record numbers," said Stefanik,"I look forward to holding Democrats accountable for their failure to prosecute crimes and instead engage in illegal political witch hunts against their political opponents.” Bragg’s office has pushed back, calling New York City “the safest big city in America” and highlighting New York Police Department data that showed violent crime hadMurders are down 14%, shootings dropped 17% and burglaries fell 21% in the borough, per the New York Police Department.
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