Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg set to be dragged to the Hill one day after Trump’s sentencing

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is set to testify before a Republican-controlled House committee one day after Donald Trump is scheduled for sentencing on 34 felony convictions that were secured by Bragg’s office.

A spokesperson for the district attorney’s office confirmed to The Independent Tuesday that Bragg and Assistant District Attorney Matthew Colangelo have agreed to “voluntarily appear” before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on July 12.

“The Manhattan DA’s Office is proud to play a crucial role in upholding and enforcing the rule of law for the people of New York,” a spokesperson for the office said in a statement shared with The Independent.

Trump – who briefly sat for a virtual pre-sentencing interview with a probation officer on Monday – faces up to four years in prison, fines, probation, or some other sentence when he appears before Justice Juan Merchan on July 11.

Colangelo, a former federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice, joined the district attorney’s office in 2022 and was on the team that tried the case against the former president.

The two prosecutors are expected to face a volatile panel of Republican lawmakers, led by chair Jim Jordan, who have amplified baseless allegations that the case in New York was under the direction of President Joe Biden as part of a politically motivated scheme to keep Trump away from the White House.

In a recent letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Jordan demanded documents from the office “given the perception that the Justice Department is assisting in Bragg’s politicized prosecution.”

Jordan also convened a so-called “field hearing” in downtown Manhattan last year after Trump’s indictment to paint