GOP's Oversight Power Tested in Trump Case Indictment Frenzy.
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House Republicans are demanding information from Manhattan district attorney Alvin L. Bragg about his criminal investigation into former President Donald J. Trump's hush money payoff to a porn star. The prosecutor is resisting the demand, setting up a potential legal showdown and pushing the fight over the scope and limits of congressional oversight powers into new territory. Legal battles about the oversight authority of Congress were common during the tumultuous presidency of Donald J. Trump, and this demand for information from a state prosecutor about a potentially imminent indictment crossed a new line.
Topics:nation#congressional-oversight#donald-trump#house-republicans#legal-battle#manhattan-district-attorney#politics
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