Alvin Bragg’s office sent a response to a letter from key Republicans in the US Congress demanding he testify about what they called a politically motivated prosecutorial decision.
Bragg’s office is investigating claims that Trump authorised a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels,ahead of the 2016 presidential election, and the case garnered renewed attention after the former president said he expected to be arrested.
In their letter this week, Republican legislators in the House of Representatives also requested documents relating to the investigation.
Bragg’s office also dismissed the accusation that the Trump investigation is politically motivated, stressing that Congress is not the right venue to address any issues with a local prosecution.
Bragg, an elected Democrat, has become a target of Trump and his allies since his office empanelled a grand jury to determine whether to bring criminal charges against the former president.
