Global Courant 2023-04-14 00:36:28
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., introduced legislation Thursday that would strip federal funds from the office of Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, accusing the prosecutor of “lawlessness” and a “political persecution of former U.S. President Donald Trump” led.
A pair of bills filed by Biggs allegedly target the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in retaliation for criminally prosecuting Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to alleged hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016.
The Accountability for Lawless Violence In Our Neighborhoods Act, or “ALVIN Act,” would prohibit Bragg’s office from receiving federal funding and require the district attorney to repay any funds received after January 1, 2022. The bill is co-sponsored by Representatives Mary Miller, R-Ill., Eli Crane, R-Ariz., Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., Ralph Norman, RS.C., and Bob Good, R-Va.
Biggs’ second bill, the No Federal Funds for Political Prosecutions Act, would bar any state or local law enforcement agency from using funds seized through asset forfeiture to prosecute a president, vice president, or candidate for president. prosecute in a criminal case.
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U.S. Representative Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., has introduced a pair of bills that would remove federal funding from the office of Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
District Attorney Alvin Bragg made a campaign pledge to indict President Trump. Bragg took the unprecedented action of turning alleged petty business misconduct into 34 individual felonies in an effort to put President Trump behind bars and humiliate him and his supporters, Biggs said in a statement.
“This armed prosecutor has spent thousands of federal taxpayer dollars to subsidize this political charge and is demanding millions more in federal grants,” he continued.
“It is disturbing to see District Attorney Bragg waste federal resources for political ends instead of tackling the serious crime in his city.
“As a member of the House Judiciary and Oversight & Accountability Committees, and with an almost insurmountable national debt of more than $31 trillion, the nation simply cannot afford to support Bragg’s politicization of the criminal justice system.”
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New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg had been investigating former President Donald Trump over alleged hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. (Shane Bevel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images/Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Manhattan district attorney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
House Republicans have opposed Bragg over his criminal investigation of Trump, claiming the Manhattan DA is politically motivated and issuing subpoenas for documents related to his work. Bragg, in turn, has the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
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The office of Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg says it has contributed more than $1 billion to the federal government through forfeited assets over the past 15 years and that only a “small fraction” of those funds are received by the district attorney . (Fox news)
In their back and forth, Republicans have insisted lawmakers have a legitimate legislative interest in overseeing Bragg because the Manhattan DA receives federal funding. Lawyers for Bragg’s office have countered that the district attorney’s office has contributed more than $1 billion to the federal government through forfeited assets over the past 15 years and that only a “small fraction” of those funds have been used by the district attorney. justice is received.
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DA records indicate that approximately $5,000 was spent on expenses incurred in connection with the Trump or Trump Organization’s investigations, and none of those expenses were paid with funds received through federal grant programs, General Counsel Leslie wrote. B. Dubeck in a letter to House Republicans. month.
Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
