Driving the news: Trump — after claiming he would be arrested on Tuesday — has spent the last several days relentlessly attacking Bragg (who is Black) as a racist, radical partisan engaged in a conspiracy to destroy the country.
Meanwhile, in Congress, three GOP committee chairs sent a letter to Bragg demanding he testify about the possible Trump charges — 48 hours after receiving marching orders from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
- The unprecedented federal intervention is unlikely to deter the Democratic prosecutor, but it shows the extent to which Republicans are circling the wagons to protect Trump — even as his support within the GOP has declined.
- House GOP Conference chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) — who vaulted to Republican stardom defending Trump during his first impeachment — told the Free Beacon that getting Bragg to testify before Congress is now a “top priority.”
The bottom line: Trump has run the “witch hunt” playbook many times — including during the Russia investigation, his first and second impeachments and after the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago. With three other criminal investigations looming in the distance, it won’t be retired anytime soon.