House Republicans launched an investigation into a former top-ranking Department of Justice official who is now leading the prosecution in Donald Trump’s New York trial, according to documents recently obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
On Tuesday, the DCNF reported that House Judiciary Chairman Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) penned a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting documents and communications regarding prosecutor Matthew Colangelo.
A copy of the letter, obtained by the news outlet, explained that Colangelo was previously a senior DOJ official, which has “given the perception that the Justice Department is assisting in” New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) “politicized prosecution” of former President Trump.
“The Committee on the Judiciary is conducting oversight of politically motivated prosecutions by state and local officials,” Jordan’s
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