'Put it to rest': DOJ shoots down House Republican conspiracy that it controlled Trump NY case

• The Department of Justice blasted House Republicans for spreading the false claim that the federal agency was behind the hush money case against former President Donald Trump.
• The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is actively stoking the claim that his rival, President Joe Biden, directed the state-level case.
• Attorney General Merrick Garland said the conspiracies about Trump's trial have contributed to an environment in which the DOJ is "under attack like never before."

The Department of Justice blasted House Republicans for spreading the "completely baseless" claim that the federal agency was behind the New York hush money trial of former President Donald Trump.

"The conspiracy theory that the recent jury verdict in New York state court was somehow controlled by the Department is not only false, it is irresponsible," assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte told House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in a letter obtained by CNBC.

The fiery reply to the high-ranking lawmaker was just one thrust in a multipronged effort by the DOJ to refute conspiracies about Trump's historic conviction by a Manhattan Supreme Court jury on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is actively stoking the claim that his rival, President Joe Biden, directed the state-level case, as well as the dozens of other criminal charges he faces in three separate courts.

But Uriarte said there is no evidence showing any coordination between the federal government and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the hush money case against Trump.

The DOJ conducted a "comprehensive" search for communications between its leaders and the Manhattan District Attorney's office about