Kentucky’s leading Republicans railed against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, calling for him to be disbarred and hauled before Congress over what the lawmakers say is abuse of the legal system.
"I fully expect to see Alvin Bragg answering questions in front of Congress as soon as we can make it happen, because this is unacceptable and we're not going to back down on this," Kentucky Congressman and House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer told Fox News.
Comer went on to tell the network he’s now heard from Republican county attorneys in Kentucky and Tennessee, inquiring into ways they might prosecute members of President Biden’s administration – in an apparent retaliation against the Trump indictment.
"They want to know if there are way they can go after the Bidens now," Comer said. "They've opened up a can of worms. They've set precedents now that we can't go back on."
Also turning his fire toward the Manhattan DA was Sen. Rand Paul, who described the situation as a “overzealous, super liberal local prosecutor” filing charges in a “clear case of political prosecution.”
But as of Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Mitch McConnell and Congressman Andy Barr had remained noticeably silent on the case.
Kentucky’s lone Democrat on Capitol Hill, Rep. Morgan McGarvey, tweeted on March 30 that “no one is above the law, even a former president” – adding that the powerful must be held accountable when "credibly accused of a crime."
