Jim Jordan summons Alvin Bragg to congressional hearing over Trump's criminal conviction

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) wants answers from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg about the felony conviction of former President Donald Trump.

The Ohio Republican plans to demand Bragg and senior counsel Matthew Colangelo appear before the House select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government on June 13 for a hearing, according to an X announcement made Friday.

The proposed subject, according to the announcement, would be "the unprecedented political prosecution of President Trump."

Tensions have been mounting between Bragg and Jordan for months after the Manhattan prosecutor sued the Ohio lawmaker in April for what he described as an "unprecedentedly brazen and unconstitutional attack" on his office.

The district attorney dropped the suit a few weeks later and reached an agreement to allow former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, who ran the Trump probe, to give a deposition to the House Judiciary Committee.

"Chairman Jordan's subpoena is an unconstitutional attempt to undermine an ongoing New York felony criminal prosecution and investigation," the District Attorney's office said in a statement announcing the April lawsuit.

"As our complaint details, this is an unprecedented, illegitimate interference by Congress that lacks any legal merit and defies basic principles of federalism."

Jordan's demand arrived one day after the historic criminal conviction of a former president. Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records to conceal hush money paid to an adult film star ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Trump is currently the presumptive Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential race.