House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan can’t shake the strange coincidence that Matthew B. Colangelo, a lawyer prosecuting Trump in Alvin Braggs hush-money case, used to work for President Biden’s Department of Justice.
And when Jordan can’t shake a hunch, he fires off a letter…
According to a report from The Daily Caller, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has written a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking how it’s possible that a former Biden DOJ suit ended up going after the POTUS’ number one political opponent in an NYC courtroom.
Colangelo spent two years in the DOJ as an acting associate attorney general before he joined DA Alvin Bragg’s team as senior counsel in 2022.
“The Committee on the Judiciary is conducting oversight of politically motivated prosecutions by state and local officials. 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 writes in the letter.
“New York County District Attorney (DANY) Alvin Bragg is engaged in one such politicized prosecution, which is being led in part by Matthew B. Colangelo, a former senior Justice Department official. Accordingly, given the perception that the Justice Department is assisting in Bragg’s politicized prosecution, we write to request information and documents related to Mr. Colangelo’s employment,” Jordan adds.
Jordan is demanding a wide range of documents — he wants to know everything. He wants:
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All documents and communications for the period of January 2021 to December 2022 between or among Mr. Colangelo and any employee, agent, or representative of the New York County District Attorney’s Office, the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, the New York Attorney General’s Office, or the Department of Justice’s Special Counsel’s Office, referring or relating to: a. President Donald J. Trump; b. The Trump Organization; or c. Any other entity owned, controlled by, or associated with President Donald J. Trump
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All personnel files related to Mr. Colangelo’s hiring, employment, and termination at the Department of Justice, including all documents and communications with the Office of Presidential Personnel about Mr. Colangelo’s hiring
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All documents and communications between or among the Justice Department and the New York County District Attorney’s Office referring or relating to the prosecution of President Donald J. Trump
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All documents and communications referring or relating to Michael Cohen’s conviction in United States v. Cohen, No. 18-cr-602 (S.D.N.Y. 2018), including any decisional or pre-decisional memoranda relating to the case;
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All documents and communications referring or relating to Michael Cohen’s conviction in United States v. Cohen, No. 18-cr-850 (S.D.N.Y. 2018)
Jordan is also investigating Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter’s connection to the Democratic Party. “It’s certainly a conflict of interest,” Jordan said on the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show when asked about the issue. “Judge Merchan’s daughter looks like she worked for just about every major Democrat you can think of.”
“She’s worked for all kinds of Democrats, made all kinds of money, that should definitely be a conflict,” Jordan said. “But this judge doesn’t seem to care.”
The deck appears stacked against the former President.
