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trumps potential arrest hangs over capitol hill. that is the story from the hill newspaper. the congressional reporter on that story joining us via zoom this morning. good morning. guest: thanks for having me. host: house republicans demanding the manhattan district attorney provide testimony and documents. they have said they will get involved in an investigation here of the investigation. what are they demanding and what we know about the steps house republicans are taking in reaction to this potential indictment, this potential arrest? guest: that is right. to set the scene, back on saturday just hours after former president trump said he would be arrested on tuesday speaker kevin mccarthy put out a tweet saying he was directing committees to look at whether federal funds were being used by the district attorney's this investigation.

fast-forward to yesterday. three committee chairman came out with a letter inviting alvin bragg, the district attorney to testify about the investigation into trump and also requesting documents and communications related to that probe. this letter came from the house judiciary chairman jim jordan and house oversight committee chairman james comer. essentially what this letter is doing as it says they want to look into whether any federal funds were being used in manhattan and they also want to look into communications between the department of justice and the manhattan district attorney's office in terms of discussing this hush money investigation. another factor of this letter is it tries to paint the investigation as saying it is politically motivated. the chairman has said this indictment of trump would be a politically motivated indictment. they also try to cast doubt on

the investigation star witness, michael cohen, who is former president trump's ex-fixer and was a key witness in this hush money probe, reminding folks he served jail time for lying to congress and arguing he is not a credible witness. this letter had a lot of information but at the crux, house republicans are requesting testimony from alvin bragg and various documents and communication. host: that letter available on the judicial committee website. we will show viewers the link. you noted they are inviting the district attorney to testify. when does invitation become compelled? is that possible? guest: the letter said they want alvin bragg to testify as soon as possible. that shows that house republicans are eager to hear from him for this interview. it is unclear if they will take

any methods to compel this testimony, but the letter says they would like to hear from bragg as soon as possible. host: house republicans at that retreat, we spent a good time yesterday talking about the policy retreat they are on in florida. how much do you get a sense from your reporters that this investigation, this new cycle on this potential indictment and arrest, how much is it hanging over what is happening down there? guest: it may be a policy retreat but former president trump has overshadowed this entire retreat in orlando, the home state of former president trump. at press conferences about policy, about different policy matters, lawmakers have been asked about former president trump, particulate the matter of his indictment today. there asked that at every turn and it is forcing republicans to defend trump on the merits of the investigation to take a

position of whether or not they agree with trumps call for his supporters to protest in reaction to a potential indictment. republicans are down in florida trying to talk about policy and they're trying to stay on their agenda. they came to the policy retreat in orlando with the hopes of talking about their accomplishments and highlighting their accomplishments from their first two in the house majority, but also trying to strategize for the weeks to come, most notably over the summer we are expecting the debt ceiling deadline to come upon us and that is when we will have to come to a head with these investigations about whether or not to raise the debt ceiling, how to raise the debt ceiling. that is a standoff between republicans and democrats. republicans had hoped to talk about these things in orlando. no doubt former president trump is overshadowing the plans and has been overtaken as the main focus of this retreat. host: finally, in the last

minute, notable democratic reaction and what you are hearing on capitol hill? guest: jamie raskin, who is the top democrat on the oversight committee, one of the panels that sent this letter to aplidin bragg, he called the letter from the chairman in abuse of power. a lot of democrats are saying this is just republicans trying to defend donald trump. they are voicing concerns about political violence without call for protests and the order to take our nation back. democrats are attacking republicans for how they are handling this, zeroing in on former president trump himself. nothing surprising from the democratic reaction but they are being outspoken and reacting to this. guest: you can see her and her colleagues worked at

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