House GOP Inappropriately Interfering In Trump's Criminal Probe, Say Legal Experts
In a recent HuffPost article, Professor John Greabe comments on efforts by House GOP leaders to probe Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump, including requests for details on how the district attorney’s office uses federal funds. Last week, Trump pled not guilty to 34 felony counts related to payments intended to silence an adult-film actress during his 2016 presidential campaign. His defense team has denounced the case, calling it meritess and politically motivated.
Excerpt from the HuffPost:
The whole situation is unprecedented. A former U.S. president has never been indicted on criminal charges. Congress has never exercised its role in how to respond to something like this. The courts are on the verge of yielding potentially precedential rulings as they navigate laws that haven’t been tested in this manner before.
But even with that concession, the conduct of these House Republican chairmen so far “involves a breathtaking disregard of structural constitutional norms,” said John Greabe, director of the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership & Public Service at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law.
Read the full article here.
Since this article was published, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) issued a subpoena in connection with the investigation.
