As per sources, the "field hearing" will examine "New York's rampant crime and victims of Alvin Bragg." The hearing's focus is expected to escalate the confrontation between the progressive prosecutor and Republicans over the unprecedented criminal case against former President Donald Trump.
Republicans accuse Bragg of pursuing a novel legal approach against Trump while being soft on conventional crime. The Jacob Javits Federal Building will host the hearing at 9 a.m. on April 17. The location is only a few blocks ahead of Bragg's Lower Manhattan office and the courthouse where Trump was arraigned on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records last week.
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The hearing may feature witnesses affected by Alvin Bragg's failure to prosecute, although the exact list of witnesses has not been disclosed yet.
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Since assuming the office on January 1, 2022, Bragg, a Democrat, has downgraded the severity of charges in 52% of the felony cases, as per reports. His office's conviction rate fell to 51% for felony charges, lower than comparable years in the past.
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Last year, Bragg faced criticism for charging Jose Alba, a bodega clerk, for second-degree murder after the victim fatally stabbed an ex-con who attacked him inside the store. After receiving nationwide criticism, Bragg's office dropped the case in July.
Bragg has refused to comply with document requests from three House committees related to the Trump case. Jordan subpoenaed attorney Mark Pomerantz last week, who wrote a book calling for Trump's prosecution after resigning from Bragg's office.
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The district attorney charged Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nomination front-runner, for allegedly not accurately describing hush-money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal on internal company records in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
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Bragg's attempt to charge Trump with a felony is based on the claim that there was an intention to conceal or commit another crime, apparently referring to campaign finance violations. The DOJ previously decided not to prosecute Trump at the time of Cohen's guilty plea to charges, including campaign finance violations and tax evasion in August 2018.
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In a statement on Monday afternoon, Bragg called the House GOP's plans for the hearing "a political stunt." Bragg claimed that New York's murder rate was nearly three times lower than Columbus, Ohio, urging Jordan to take a short drive to several Ohio cities, including Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Akron, and Toledo, instead of traveling hundreds of miles out of his way to New York.
Bragg criticized the Republican's stance on supporting national gun legislation and shutting down the iron pipeline as inadequate measures for increasing public safety.
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