Malliotakis: Bragg is Abusing His Prosecutorial Power

(STATEN ISLAND/BROOKLYN, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today released the following statement regarding Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's indictment of Former President Donald Trump.

"Our city is less safe because rogue District Attorney Alvin Bragg has made a career of not prosecuting dangerous criminals and now he is abusing his prosecutorial power to politically target the former President based on a shoddy, far-fetched legal argument all while violent criminals with lengthy rap sheets go free. The Department of Justice, the Federal Election Commission, and Bragg's predecessor Cy Vance all looked into this case and declined to prosecute. Bragg’s bare-bones indictment is reckless, further erodes the people’s trust in our government and is another example of Democrats weaponizing our justice system. This is the same political party that attempted to pack our Supreme Court, radically change our election laws, end the Senate filibuster, grant non-citizens the right to vote and grossly gerrymander districts like mine. We stopped their blatant power grabs then and will fight tooth and nail to prevent them from abusing justice now. I've previously called for Governor Hochul to remove Bragg from office over his failure to do his job and keep New Yorkers safe. I renew those calls today and believe Congress should investigate the inappropriate use of federal funds to conduct this political witch hunt."