Republican Representative Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, begins his hearing on New York City local crime today as a means of attacking Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose case against Donald Trump he has portrayed as a politically-motivated stunt.

Bragg, a Democrat, has led the investigation into Donald Trump’s role in paying $130,000 to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in hush funds ahead of the 2016 Presidential election. The former president has pleaded no contest to 34 counts of felony for falsifying records related to the case.

Jordan and other Republicans have questioned whether the investigation into Trump is an attempt to influence the presidential election of 2024. They have also questioned how the district attorney used federal funds to conduct the investigation. Jordan and Trump supporters have used Bragg’s criminal record to undermine him during the investigation into Trump.

Last week, the Ohio congressman stated that “Alvin Bragg is going after President Trump while you have all sorts of things happening in New York City (his town) that are harmful for families who live there.”

The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to meet Monday at 9 am at the Jacob Javits Federal Building, located in Manhattan. The committee will be hearing from witnesses on how Bragg’s anti-victim and pro-crime policies have contributed to an increase of violent crime in New York City.

This is the latest case in the long-running conflict between Jordan Bragg.

The Manhattan DA filed a suit against Jordan on Tuesday last week to stop what he termed a “campaign intimidation” as well as to block a subpoena issued by the Republican-led House Judiciary committee to Mark Pomerantz, a former senior prosecutor working in the DA’s office.

The committee, chaired Jordan, requested that Pomerantz testify in front of Congress, as he has expressed his disagreement with certain aspects of the case. He also asked him to provide documents related to Trump’s indictment.

Jordan, despite the fact that the lawsuit could be a setback to his efforts to stop the case against Trump from proceeding, has remained defiant.

Jordan tweeted the following last week: “First they indict a President for no crime.” Then they sue in order to prevent congressional oversight, when we ask them questions about federal funds that they claim they used.

Bragg’s initial request to reject the subpoena issued by the House Committee will be heard at court on April 19, after it was initially denied by a judge.