Mike Johnson to lead court investigation into ‘political retaliation’ | News

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) promised that a House committee would investigate Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg this month.

Johnson appeared on Fox News on Sunday, less than two weeks before the House subcommittee on arming the federal government is set to hear Bragg’s testimony. That hearing, scheduled for June 13, comes just after Bragg won his criminal trial against former President Donald Trump, who was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

“And the purpose of the hearing is to examine what these prosecutors are doing at the state and federal level to engage in political retaliation in the court system to go after political opponents of federal officials like Donald Trump. That’s a really important thing that we need to investigate,” Johnson said. “And we’re also going to look at Special Counsel Jack Smith, who we believe is abusing his authority as well.”

The reference to Smith was in reference to his election fraud case against the former president. Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges related to his handling of classified documents after his term in office.

Although Trump lost his trial in New York, this correlated with increased financial support for the Republican presidential candidate. The Trump campaign raised $1.5 million after the first day of court and doubled that amount three days later. In April alone, donations totaled $76 million. Within the first 24 hours after the verdict, Trump’s campaign raised $52.8 million.

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Trump himself has shown no signs of ending his 2024 campaign. Instead, he promised his supporters outside the courthouse that he will continue to “fight for our country.”

Judge Juan Merchan is scheduled to hand down his ruling against Trump on July 11, just before the Republican National Convention, where the former president is expected to be named the party’s presidential nominee.