The apparently imminent indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has short-circuited a number of prominent Republican officials, causing them to crazily careen in different directions to try to undermine the prosecutor.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — along with New Yorkers who should know better, like Rep. Nicole Malliotakis — have accused Bragg of ignoring skyrocketing violent crime, despite the fact that crimes like homicides and shootings have actually gone down in Manhattan in recent months, and this remains one of the safest big cities in the country.
Three House GOP committee chairs then upped the ante by sending Bragg a letter demanding he testify before Congress and accusing him of a politically motivated prosecution. Never mind that Bragg is a state-level official elected by Manhattan voters, with no federal role for Congress to oversee. Spurious claims of misconduct aside, such allegations would be addressed by the Legislature in Albany or by state courts.
