Top Congressional Republicans bolster Trump's violent rhetoric
On March 24, Trump described Bragg as "HUMAN SCUM" and "a degenerate psychopath that truely [sic] hates the USA." Trump warned ominously of "potential death & destruction" if he is charged by Bragg.
Trump's demonization of Bragg is having an impact. On Friday, NBC News reported that "a letter containing a death threat and white powder" was sent to Bragg's office. "ALVIN: I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the letter said.
The letter was one of "several hundred threats" targeting Bragg, law enforcement sources told NBC, including "a couple dozen… messages [that] were considered to be directly threatening serious harm to Bragg."
Trump is clearly putting Bragg's #safety at #risk. But he is not doing it alone.
Similar to the days prior to the January 6 attacks, Trump's tactics are being supported and validated by powerful #Republicans in #Congress.
Three House members are leading the charge: Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim #Jordan (R-OH), Oversight Committee Chairman James #Comer (R-KY), and House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan #Steil (R-WI).
In a March 20 letter to Bragg, Jordan, Comer, and Steil accused Bragg of engaging in "an unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority" and being "motivated by political calculations." The letter, in other words, was a sanitized version of Trump's posts on Truth Social. The three members demanded that Bragg turn over all documents related to the ongoing investigation of Trump and for Bragg to testify about the investigation in a transcribed interview.
According to a report in the New York Times, the action from House Republicans came following an #explicit #request from Trump's #lawyers to #intervene
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