Alvin Bragg Breaks Silence About Trump's Potential Arrest

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg issued his first response to a potential indictment and arrest of former President Donald Trump on Thursday morning.

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office provided Newsweek with a letter that Bragg sent to members of the House Judiciary Committee after they sent their own letter "demanding communications, documents, and testimony relating to Bragg's unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority and the potential indictment of former President Donald Trump."

Bragg has been investigating Trump for alleged hush money payments made to former adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016.

In the letter, Bragg said that he has pledged that his office will "publicly state the conclusion of our investigation—whether we conduct our work without bringing charges, or move forward with an indictment."

Bragg went on to address the letter the House Judiciary Committee previously sent to his office and said: "Your letter dated March 20, 2023, (the 'Letter'), in contrast, is an unprecedented inquiry into a pending local prosecution. The letter only came after Donald Trump created a false expectation that he would be arrested the next day and his lawyers reportedly urged you to intervene. Neither fact is a legitimate basis for congressional inquiry."

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan responded to Bragg's letter in a tweet, saying: "The Manhattan DA's case against President Trump is relying, in part, on matters stemming from the Mueller investigation. Democrats will never give that up!"

The House Judiciary Committee Twitter account also responded to the letter saying, "Alvin Bragg should focus on prosecuting actual criminals in New York City rather than harassing a political opponent in another state. Make Manhattan Safe Again!"

As Bragg noted in his letter, over the weekend, Trump said in a TruthSocial post that he expected to be arrested on Tuesday. Since the post, Trump and his allies, like Jordan, have continued to criticize Bragg.

"EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M 100% INNOCENT, INCLUDING BRAGG, BUT HE DOESN'T CARE. HE IS JUST CARRYING OUT THE PLANS OF THE RADICAL LEFT LUNATICS. OUR COUNTRY IS BEING DESTROYED, AS THEY TELL US TO BE PEACEFUL!" Trump said in a TruthSocial post on Thursday morning.

Bragg's letter went on to note that compliance with the requests made by the House Judiciary Committee would "interfere with law enforcement."

"The Letter seeks non-public information about a pending criminal investigation, which is confidential under state law," the letter said. "These confidentiality provisions exist to protect the interests of the various participants in the criminal process—the defendant, the witnesses, and members of the grand jury—as well as the integrity of the grand jury proceeding itself."

Newsweek reached out to Jordan's spokesperson via email for comment.