Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed Friday to testify before what’s likely to be a hostile, Republican-controlled congressional subcommittee, but likely not until after former President Donald Trump is sentenced in July.
The House Judiciary Committee chairman, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, wrote Bragg in late May after Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial, accusing him of having conducted a “political prosecution” and requesting his testimony at a hearing June 13.
In a reply letter, the Manhattan district attorney’s general counsel, Leslie Dubeck, said the prosecutor’s office was “committed to voluntary cooperation.”
That cooperation, it added, including making Bragg, a Democrat, available to testify “at an agreed-upon date.” But the letter said the date picked by Jordan presented “presents various scheduling conflicts.”
It noted that the Trump prosecution is not yet finished. Trump, who was convicted of falsifying records to cover up hush money paid to a porn actor during the 2016 presidential campaign, is scheduled to be sentenced July 11. Before then, prosecutors will be making recommendations to a judge about what kind of punishment Trump deserves.
曼哈顿地区检察官阿尔文·布拉格周五同意在可能敌意的、共和党控制的国会小组委员会前作证，但可能要等到前总统唐纳德·特朗普 7 月被判刑后才能作证。 特朗普在封口费审判中被定罪后，众议院司法委员会主席、美国众议员吉姆·乔丹 (Jim Jordan) 于 5 月下旬写信给布拉格，指责他进行“政治起诉”，并要求他在 6 月 13 日的听证会上提供证词。 曼哈顿地区检察官总法律顾问莱斯利·杜贝克在回信中表示，检察官办公室“愿意合作”，补充说，这种合作包括让民主党人布拉格“在商定的日期”出庭作证。但信中表示，乔丹选择的日期“存在各种日程安排冲突”。 特朗普的起诉尚未完成。特朗普因伪造记录以掩盖 2016 年总统竞选期间支付给色情演员的封口费而被定罪，预计将于 7 月 11 日被判刑。在此之前，检察官将就特朗普应得的惩罚向法官提出建议。
