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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg revealed to House Republicans Friday in a letter obtained by Breitbart News that roughly $5,000 in federal funds has gone toward his office’s investigation of former President Donald Trump or the Trump Organization.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy blasted those who believe the Manhattan District Attorney’s pursuit of its case against former President Donald Trump “is a good use of time or taxpayer dollars.”

A New York grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump on Thursday, launching the start of criminal proceedings against the former president.

Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL), chairman of the House Policy Committee, blasted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and said his office’s indictment against former President Donald Trump is an “attempted political assassination.”

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) appeared to invert the U.S. justice system in a statement Thursday as she was reacting to news that a Manhattan grand jury had voted to indict former President Donald Trump.

Republicans expressed outrage following the grand jury indictment of former President Donald J. Trump on Thursday. Many shared criticisms of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, asserting the case is “politically motivated.” 

Former President Donald Trump has taken serious heat since late last week, when he shared an article on his Truth Social account that included an image of him holding a baseball bat next to a picture of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

An alleged conman was pushed away from the ledge of a broken 31st-story window in New York City on Wednesday.

Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) requested Wednesday that a pair of former Manhattan prosecutors who resigned in protest from the Manhattan district attorney’s office last year testify before Congress and provide documents related to the office’s yearslong investigation into former President Donald Trump.

Democrat Senate Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) refused to state his confidence in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is expected to indict former President Donald Trump. 

Representative Daniel Goldman (D-NY) said Tuesday on “CNN Primetime” that House Republicans potentially are trying to obstruct Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation by requesting he testify before Congress about a potential indictment of former President Donald Trump.

Lowry argued in a piece on Monday that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is embarking on a “dangerous path” if he indicts Trump.

CNN commentator Van Jones said Monday on “Anderson Cooper 360” that he believes Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg should wait to indict former President Donald Trump until he is charged in Georgia.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Tuesday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends” that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s potential indicting of former President Donald Trump is a “bunch of B.S.” that will blow up the country.

Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), the House Judiciary Committee chairman, said he wants to know how much correspondence occurred between the Department of Justice and the Manhattan District Attorney’s office in the lead-up to its investigation of former President Donald Trump.

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), now a CNN contributor, said Monday on “The Situation Room” that House Republicans were “trying to interfere” with justice by requesting Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg testify before Congress about a potential indictment of former President Donald Trump.

Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said on Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that he believes former President Donald Trump is “deeply damaged,” so it was surprising he has supporters.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) slammed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s “political persecution” of former President Donald Trump as “utter and complete crap.”

Montana Sen. Steve Daines, Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), strongly denounced reports that the Manhattan District Attorney plans to indict Trump over alleged hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Sunday said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is “abusing his office” by going after former President Donald Trump, while Democrats, including Bragg, are allowing crime to run rampant.

Lauren Boebert argued Democrats believe the anticipated arrest of Donald Trump is the party’s “only hope” of winning the 2024 election. 

Michael Cohen, a former personal attorney for Donald Trump, said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Alex Witt Reports” that prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office convening a grand jury as part of a criminal probe into a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels have asked him to come in Monday “as rebuttal witness.”

A legal analyst appearing on MSNBC’s the Katie Phang Show has floated the possibility former President Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social predicting his Tuesday arrest may influence the conditions set for his bail.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said Saturday Americans are wise to what is truly going on amid news former President Donald Trump may be arrested.

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) spoke out against reports that the Manhattan district attorney’s office is gearing up to arrest former President Donald Trump, arguing that arresting a former president would make for “banana republic politics.”

George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley called the Manhattan District Attorney’s potential case against former President Donald J. Trump “legally pathetic” after the 45th president announced he expects to be arrested next week.

Former President Donald Trump said Saturday he expects to be arrested on Tuesday based on “illegal leaks” from the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which is investigating Trump’s alleged role in hush money paid to Stormy Daniels. The former president also called for his supporters to protest in light of the news.

MSNBC contributor Neal Katyal said Monday on MSNBC’s “The Beat” that former President Donald Trump would likely be indicted in the Manhattan district attorney’s office grand jury investigation of a 2016 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.

An axe-wielding man allegedly terrorized a New York City McDonald’s on Friday, leaving patrons frightened and causing property damage. The suspect was released without bail the same day.

A former Suffolk County Prosecutor and radical criminal justice activist, Adam Foss, 42, was indicted on charges of rape by a District Attorney’s Office of Manhattan on Tuesday.

An Ohio couple has been indicted in New York on multiple charges alleging they ran a sex trafficking operation across six states, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.

During a portion of an interview with the Fox News Channel aired on Wednesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said that whether his decision to not prosecute certain offenses will give criminals a green light “depends upon your definition of

Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the investigations into the Trump Organization by both the Manhattan DA’s office and New York Attorney General Letitia James already had enough evidence of crimes to indict the former president.

MSNBC legal analyst Cynthia Alksne said Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg had legal troubles in the case brought by Manhattan prosecutors because he was facing fellow Manhattan residents who pay taxes as a jury instead of Donald Trump’s supporters.

MSNBC legal analyst Cynthia Alksne, former federal prosecutor,  said Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Manhattan prosecutors who indicted the Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg were likely to next go after former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump.

Mary Trump, the niece and outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump, said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” that her cousins Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Trump Jr. would not be loyal to their father if they are facing indictment.