The House Oversight Committee has begun investigating DA Alvin Bragg's indictment of former President Donald Trump. In response, DA Bragg filed a lawsuit against the Committee and its chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).
Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) appeared on Fox for comment, "Alvin Bragg didn’t expect Congress to exercise our oversight powers when he made the unprecedented and politically motivated choice to go after President Trump?"
"Alvin Bragg didn’t expect Congress to exercise our oversight powers when he made the unprecedented and politically motivated choice to go after President Trump? Bragg is now obstructing our Congressional investigation. What is he hiding?" inquired Rep. Steube.
Alvin Bragg didn’t expect Congress to exercise our oversight powers when he made the unprecedented and politically motivated choice to go after President Trump?
Bragg is now obstructing our Congressional investigation. What is he hiding? pic.twitter.com/RTggU8iQ3N
— Congressman Greg Steube (@RepGregSteube) April 12, 2023
Todd Piro asked Rep. Steube for his take on Bragg's reasoning in the lawsuit, where he argued Congress could not extend oversight powers over a local District Attorney.
Rep. Steube answered, "Yeah, we absolutely do" hold oversight powers over Bragg. "But the bigger point here," said Steube, is that Bragg's indictment is a form of election interference.
"Yeah, absolutely we do. Congress has authority over it. They used federal funds. They're actually saying Trump should have used campaign funds for [the supposed hush money payment to former adult film star Stormy Daniels], which is a violation of federal election law, so there's also the federal election law nexus. But the bigger point here is that you have a district attorney who is using his authority and going after a President to affect the outcome of the 2024 Election," Steube continued.
As such, he does not see why Congress should not look into the indictment since Bragg's suit seeks to block a subpoena of his former employee Mark Pomerantz, who wrote on Bragg's apparent initial reluctance to indict Trump, which leads Steube to ask what Bragg may be hiding.
"So I don't see how we wouldn't want to get involved, from Congressional Oversight in perspective. And this individual [Pomerantz] that we subpoenaed doesn't work for the DA anymore, wrote a book about the fact that Alvin Bragg didn't want to bring charges against Trump and all these other things, that we simply want to ask questions and should be very telling to the American people that Alvin Bragg is trying to prevent that individual from testifying. What exactly is he hiding?" inquires Steube.
