In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s historic indictment, House Republicans are putting the finishing touches on legislation that would restrict state and local prosecutors from prosecuting current or former presidents by allowing such cases to be moved to federal court, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan told Just the News on Thursday.
Jordan said the lead legislation, spearheaded by fellow committee member Rep. Russell Fry (R-S.C.), would give America’s chief executives a venue change option.
Slated to be introduced this week, the bill, according to Jordan, "says if you have someone, a local DA, going to take on a former president and a current candidate and they go indict them, then that case automatically gets bumped to federal court, not some local or state court."
A second bill, offered by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), would prohibit prosecutors from using federal asset forfeiture funds to investigate presidents, something the Manhattan prosecutors who secured the indictment of Trump admit doing.
The No Federal Funds for Political Prosecutions Act prohibits state or local law enforcement agencies from using funds or property seized through asset forfeiture "to investigate or prosecute the President, Vice President, or a candidate for the office of President in a criminal case," Biggs said.
Jordan said the bills are one of many reasons he has subpoenaed witnesses and demanded documents from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose 34-felony count indictment of Trump Republicans have called an abuse of power.
"We think this is federal election interference in the most important election we have, which is the election for President of the United States," Jordan said of Bragg’s Trump indictment.
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