Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., says he will attempt to dismiss claims from Republicans about rising crime rates in New York City as he defends Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg during a field hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee next week.
Slated to take place in the Big Apple on Monday, the committee said this week the hearing will "examine how Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s pro-crime, anti-victim policies have led to an increase in violent crime and a dangerous community for New York City residents."
But Nadler isn't on board with the notion that Bragg is responsible for a rise in crime, or if there's even a rise in crime at all, according to comments he offered to the New York Post.
"We will show the essentially fraudulent nature of what Jim Jordan and company are claiming about the crime rates in New York and compared to other cities, including Republican-led cities," Nadler told the outlet.
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Nadler — who represents New York's 12th congressional district, which includes central Manhattan — also said he will use the opportunity in New York to talk "about how this whole hearing is part of Jim Jordan and the Republicans’ general attempts to obstruct justice and to attack the DA in Manhattan and to obstruct justice in the Trump case."
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