


The Heritage Foundation filed two lawsuits against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday to force the office to turn over records related to its investigation into former President Donald Trump.
The lawsuits come after Bragg failed to comply with two Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests relating to his communications with the Justice Department, the White House, and any Democratic lawmakers regarding his prosecution of Trump.
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Bragg and his office charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in April. Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges, which stem from hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election.
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., claims in its lawsuit that Bragg's suspected communication with the DOJ led to several House GOP committee investigations, Fox News reported.
"Regrettably, these questions have not been met with answers. These reports have raised concerns in many circles based in large part upon the longstanding history of President Trump’s political opponents coordinating their activities to systematically weaponize the criminal justice system against him and thereby pervert the course of Justice," a filing for the first lawsuit stated.
A second lawsuit filed by Heritage alleges that the district attorney obtained pro-bono assistance from major law firms and is asking the court to force Bragg to provide documents related to those firms and bar his team from "seeking seek costs and fees for the request at issue in this case."
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Trump is attempting to move the case out of acting New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan's hands by transferring it to federal court or demanding Merchan's recusal.
The former president's lawyers filed another motion on Friday asking for the case to be moved to the federal level, arguing that the alleged crimes "took place while the president was in office."
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