Manhattan prosecutor sues to block Republican subpoena over Donald Trump case

Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney behind the criminal indictment of Donald Trump, has sued Republican Jim Jordan in an attempt to squash attempts to compel current and former New York prosecutors to provide evidence to the House judiciary committee.

In a lawsuit filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, Bragg said his office had been the subject of an “unprecedentedly brazen and unconstitutional attack”, by Jordan and the committee he chairs, accusing the Ohio Republican of creating a “retaliatory political circus designed to undermine the rule of law”.