Home Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) has embarrassed himself by making an attempt to get Alvin Bragg to testify earlier than his Weaponization of Authorities Committee.
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Right here is the letter that Jordan despatched to Bragg:
â Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) May 31, 2024
Jordan requested Bragg to testify earlier than his committee.
Jim Jordan doesn’t have any oversight authority over Alvin Bragg. There may be nothing that Jordan can do outdoors of asking the Manhattan DA to testify.
Rep. Jordan is outwardly incapable of studying something. In April 2023, Jordan held a listening to of his committee in Manhattan as a part of his effort to intimidate and smear Bragg. The Manhattan DA humiliated him.
Alvin Bragg is rarely going to testify. Jim Jordan has no oversight authority, or authorized means to compel Bragg to testify. The letter from Jordan was an embarrassing stunt, in order that the Ohio congressman can maintain a sham listening to in June and declare that Bragg wouldn’t present as much as testify.
Since Donald Trump has not been sentenced, even when Bragg needed to testify, he couldn’t as a result of the Trump case remains to be an ongoing authorized matter.
Jordan is making an attempt to abuse his energy as Judiciary Committee chair to assist Trump together with his attraction. One factor that Jordan positively received’t do is invite Donald Trump to testify below oath as a result of Jordan is making an attempt to intrude in a prison case for political achieve.
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