The Manhattan district attorney’s office investigating former President Donald Trump’s role in an alleged hush money payment scheme slammed House Republicans for their inquiry into a “pending local prosecution,” saying they were reacting to Trump creating a “false expectation that he would be arrested the next day.”
In a letter to the GOP chairmen who requested information on the probe, the Manhattan DA’s general counsel called for a meeting to “confer with committee staff to better understand what information the DA’s Office can provide that relates to a legitimate legislative interest.”
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