Thread by @America1stLegal

/1🚨Did Attorney General Merrick Garland lie to Congress about DOJ’s involvement in the politically-motivated prosecution of President Trump? 

Newly released records reveal troubling contradictions — and raise serious questions.

/2 On March 27, 2023, AFL launched an investigation to determine if the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) coordinated with New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Office in the politically-motivated prosecution of President Trump.

/3 AFL requested all communications between specific custodians at the New York County District Attorney’s Office and DOJ mentioning President Trump.

/4 A little over a year later, on April 30, 2024, @Jim_Jordan and @JudiciaryGOP sent a letter to Attorney General Garland requesting communications between DOJ and DA Alvin Bragg’s Office mentioning President Trump.

/5 On June 10, 2024, DOJ responded to Chairman Jordan’s letter, stating it had searched for communications between DOJ and DA Bragg’s Office regarding President Trump, spanning the time period of his request (which covered the full period of AFL’s request) — and “found none.”

/6 But just seven days earlier, on June 3, 2024, DA Bragg’s Office had responded to AFL’s request for communications between their office and DOJ regarding President Trump — and confirmed the existence of 36 responsive records.

/7 Despite confirming that these records existed, DA Bragg’s Office said it was withholding all 36 of them, claiming protection from disclosure under “grand jury secrecy grounds” related to “pending criminal litigation” and attorney work product privilege.

/8 DA Bragg’s Office’s confirmation that 36 records of communication exist between Bragg’s Office and DOJ regarding President Trump directly contradicts DOJ’s claim to Chairman Jordan that no records of communication exist between DOJ and Bragg’s Office regarding President Trump.

/9 During his own testimony before Congress, Attorney General Garland told the House Judiciary Committee that DA Bragg’s Office was “completely independent” from DOJ and that the case against President Trump was brought “independently, on [Bragg’s] own volition.”

@Jim_Jordan @JudiciaryGOP /10 Attorney General Garland told @FmrRepMattGaetz that DOJ does “not control [state District Attorney] Offices. They make their own decisions.”

/11 If Bragg’s Office was “completely independent” and didn’t coordinate with DOJ on President Trump’s prosecution, then why are there 36 records of communications between DOJ and Bragg’s Office on that subject?

/12 And why did DOJ deny the existence of these records to Congress?