NEW YORK — The Republican-controlled United States Congressional Judiciary Committee will plan a trip to New York on April 17 to examine the alleged increase in violence in the city since the election of Attorney Alvin Bragg, who has indicted the former US president last week. President Donald Trump for falsifying business documents.
Bragg’s office responded to the call by recalling that, according to the latest official data, in the first quarter of the year, murders in New York decreased by 14%, shootings by 17%, burglaries by 21% and personal theft by 8%.
“Make no mistake, the Republican Party in Congress is coming to the safest major city in America to engage in a political stunt,” Bragg’s office wrote in response to a summons from the Judiciary Committee, which often organizes this type of events in Washington, although on some occasions he decides to travel.
According to that congressional committee, the meeting, open to the public and titled “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan,” aims to study how Bragg’s policies “caused an increase” in violent crime and endangered New York City. residents.
However, for Bragg, this field trip for the committee “is not intended to engage in efforts to improve public safety, such as those to support national gun legislation” or to combat arms trafficking between states.
On March 22, the Governor of New York announced that New York City had recorded a 10% drop in murders in 2022 compared to 2021, although she acknowledged that the metropolis had seen an increase in rapes, robberies and crime in general.
Since Bragg impeached Trump, the businessman and many members of the Republican Party have launched a campaign of slander and insults against him, who they accuse of orchestrating a witch hunt.
On Monday, since Trump’s campaign for the 2024 presidential election, they again accused Bragg of being nominated by businessman George Soros and called for the charge to be struck down.
Similarly, Trump has also embarked on another sort of crusade against the judge handling the forgery case, Juan Merchán, whom he accuses of hating him.