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House GOP escalates defense of Trump with New York field hearing seeking to discredit Manhattan DA

Headline from Local News 8, from the development of Apr 17, 2023

Newest development Apr 18, 2023 · 2 reportsGOP comes to Manhattan to talk crime, Dems say it’s a stunt to shield Trump

By Annie Grayer and Sara Murray, CNN House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee are exemplifying the lengths they are willing to go to discredit Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s criminal case against former President Donald Trump with a Monday New York field hearing on Bragg’s home turf.

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    House GOP escalates defense of Trump with New York field hearing seeking to discredit Manhattan DA

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

  2. Newest

    GOP comes to Manhattan to talk crime, Dems say it’s a stunt to shield Trump

    Headline from Pix11 ·

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  1. KOB 4

    Trump’s House GOP allies take fight to Manhattan DA's turf (opens KOB 4)

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    KOB 4's feed description

    Republicans upset with Donald Trump’s indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him. They're trying to embarrass Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on his home turf. The House Judiciary Committee's field hearing near Bragg's offices was billed as an examination of the De…

  2. NBC News

    Trump allies take fight to Bragg's backyard with hearing on NYC crime (opens NBC News)

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    The Manhattan district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump highlights new police data that shows murders and other violent crimes have fallen in the borough since last year.

  3. Anchorage Daily News

    Trump’s House allies take fight to Manhattan DA’s turf on false pretenses (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    Republicans upset with Donald Trump’s indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him, trying to embarrass Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on his home turf partly by falsely portraying New York City as a place overrun by crime.

  4. Local News 8

    House GOP escalates defense of Trump with New York field hearing seeking to discredit Manhattan DA (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Annie Grayer and Sara Murray, CNN House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee are exemplifying the lengths they are willing to go to discredit Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s criminal case against former President Donald Trump with a Monday New York field hearing on Bragg’s home turf.

  5. PBS NewsHour

    Trump's House Republican allies take fight to Manhattan, confronting DA Bragg (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    Republicans upset with Donald Trump's indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him.

  6. CNN

    Fact check: Here's the truth about crime in Manhattan (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    As former President Donald Trump and his allies attack Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is prosecuting Trump on felony charges of falsifying business records, the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Monday in Manhattan to castigate Bragg for his handling of viol…

  7. Portland Press Herald

    Trump’s House Republican allies take fight to Manhattan DA’s turf (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Democrats said the hearing was a partisan stunt aimed at amplifying conservative anger at Bragg, Manhattan’s first Black district attorney.

  8. Courthouse News Service

    House Republicans journey up to NY for rebuke of Trump probe (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    The field hearing pushed a GOP narrative that Manhattan's top prosecutor is a political operator unconcerned with local violence.

  9. amNewYork

    Trump loyalists descend on New York in attempt to humiliate Manhattan D.A. Bragg (opens amNewYork)

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    amNewYork's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans upset with Donald Trump’s indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him, trying to embarrass Manhattan

  10. Pix11

    GOP comes to Manhattan to talk crime, Dems say it’s a stunt to shield Trump (opens Pix11)

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    MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — On the heels of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charging former President Donald Trump, U.S. House Republicans came to Manhattan Monday to highlight what the…

  11. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    House GOP looks into NYC crime (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    NEW YORK -- Republicans upset with Donald Trump's indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor who charged him, trying to embarrass Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on his home turf partly by falsely portraying New York City as a place overrun by crime.

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