NY v. Trump: House Judiciary investigates Bragg prosecutor who held senior role in Biden DOJ

FIRST ON FOX: The House Judiciary Committee is investigating a top prosecutor on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against former President Trump for his past work as a senior Justice Department official during the Biden administration.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland turn over records related to the employment of Bragg prosecutor Matthew Colangelo amid a "perception" of coordination.

Colangelo delivered opening arguments for Bragg in the Trump trial alleging "a criminal conspiracy and a cover-up."

BRAGG 'ALLOWED POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS' TO 'INFECT' PROSECUTION OF TRUMP, HOUSE JUDICIARY GOP SAYS

"The Committee on the Judiciary is conducting oversight of politically motivated prosecutions by state and local officials," Jordan wrote in a letter to Garland, obtained by Fox News Digital. "Since last year, popularly elected prosecutors—who campaigned for office on the promise of prosecuting President Trump—engaged in an unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority: the indictment of a former President of the United States and current leading candidate for that office."

Jordan pointed to Bragg’s indictment of Trump, charging the former president with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts. His unprecedented and historic criminal trial is underway for its third week.

A charge of falsifying business records typically is a misdemeanor, but Bragg must convince the jury that Trump allegedly falsified those records in the furtherance of "another crime." Prosecutors suggest that other crime is a violation of New York State Law — to prevent or promote election. On its face, as a