House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is no longer playing.
In a letter written to New York Attorney General Letitia James, Jordan demanded records related to Matthew Colangelo, threatening to subpoena the information if she did not comply.
“Popularly elected prosecutors, like New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg, have engaged in an unprecedented abuse of authority by prosecuting a former President of the United States and current leading candidate for that office,” he said. write. “Notably, Bragg's prosecution has been led in part by Mr. Colangelo, a former prosecutor in your office and later a senior Justice Department official in the Biden Administration. As such, the Committee continues to seek information and documents related to the employment of Mr. Colangelo to the New York Attorney General's Office.”
Jordan gave James until July 2 to respond, but noted that she had not replied to his last correspondence in May. House Republicans have been investigating Colangelo since Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg recruited him to help prosecute white-collar crimes. This was an interesting choice because Colangelo had been working on civil litigation at the Department of Justice under President Joe Biden and was not as familiar with what Bragg was asking him to do.
At the same time, Bragg was also building a case against Trump to present to a grand jury. That's an issue Colangelo would be more comfortable with, given his history in James' office at a time when he was conducting a 3-year investigation into the former president. In fact, Colangelo worked directly with James on his civil prosecution of Trump and even led other actions and investigations against the Trump Foundation and the former president's administration.
On Tuesday, Jordan vowed that the Judiciary Committee “continues to monitor politically motivated prosecutions of state and local officials” and accused Bragg of “an unprecedented abuse of authority.”
“Notably, the prosecution of Bragg has been led in part by Mr. Colangelo, a former prosecutor in your office and later a senior official in the Justice Department in the Biden Administration,” the Ohio representative said. “As such, the Committee continues to seek information and documents related to Mr. Colangelo's employment with the New York Attorney General's Office.”
Jordan noted in May that Colangelo's repeated appearance in anti-Trump actions “demonstrates his obsession with investigating a person rather than prosecuting a crime.” He has repeatedly requested records related to Colangelo, including internal correspondence, as well as any Trump-related communications that took place between him and Bragg's office, the DNC or the Biden campaign.
The president has also made the same request of the DOJ, which he wrote to scathing answer both denying claims of any communication between Colangelo and Bragg and accusing the committee of “conspiratorial speculation” about Trump's prosecution.
It remains to be seen whether James will voluntarily hand over the requested documents or wait until a subpoena is issued.
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