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Manhattan DA Sues Rep. Jim Jordan to Stop ‘Intimidation’<!-- wp:html --><p>Reuters</p> <p>Faced with retaliation from MAGA Republicans for <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/day-of-chaos-trumps-arraignment-is-finally-here?ref=author">indicting</a> former <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-latest-accounting-gambit-just-failed">President Donald Trump</a>, the Manhattan district attorney has taken the remarkable step of suing to stop a congressional committee from meddling in his active criminal case.</p> <p>On Tuesday, DA Alvin Bragg Jr. filed a <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23772949-bragg-v-jordan-complaint-23-cv-3032">lawsuit</a> in Manhattan federal court against Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), citing “a campaign of intimidation, retaliation, and obstruction.”</p> <p>Jordan has turned his new role as head of the House Judiciary Committee—which is normally tasked with holding government agencies accountable—into a weapon against Democrats that is laser-focused on vengeance in defense of Trump.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-sues-rep-jim-jordan-to-stop-intimidation">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Reuters

Faced with retaliation from MAGA Republicans for indicting former President Donald Trump, the Manhattan district attorney has taken the remarkable step of suing to stop a congressional committee from meddling in his active criminal case.

On Tuesday, DA Alvin Bragg Jr. filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court against Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), citing “a campaign of intimidation, retaliation, and obstruction.”

Jordan has turned his new role as head of the House Judiciary Committee—which is normally tasked with holding government agencies accountable—into a weapon against Democrats that is laser-focused on vengeance in defense of Trump.

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