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District attorney prosecuting Trump sues Republican Jim Jordan

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks at a news conference after the arraignment of former President Donald Trump in New York [John Minchillo/The Associated Press]

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is prosecuting former President Donald Trump in a case related to hush-money payments made to an adult-film actress, has sued a Republican legislator probing his investigation.

In the lawsuit filed on Tuesday, Bragg accused Representative Jim Jordan, the chair of House Judiciary Committee, of a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” him after the New York district attorney indicted Trump on 34 felony charges of falsifying business documents.

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