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Al Jazeera Staff

NY prosecutor rejects Republican ‘incursion’ into Trump probe

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office says US lawmakers' attacks on a grand jury investigation concerning former President Donald Trump 'are an unlawful incursion into New York's sovereignty' [File: Yuki Iwamura/Reuters]

The Manhattan district attorney overseeing an investigation that could lead to criminal charges against former United States President Donald Trump has rejected Republican lawmakers’ attacks on the inquiry, accusing them of an “unlawful incursion” into his jurisdiction.

Alvin Bragg’s office sent a response on Thursday to a letter from key Republicans in the US Congress demanding he testify about what they called a “politically motivated prosecutorial decision”.

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