House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Friday called on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and prosecutor Matthew Colangelo to testify for the “political prosecution” of former President Donald Trump.

Mr. Jordan, Ohio Republican, teed up a hearing where both men will testify in front of the Weaponization of Federal Government Subcommittee on June 13.

“This hearing will examine actions by state and local prosecutors to engage politically motivated prosecutions of federal officials,” Mr. Jordan wrote. “In particular the recent political prosecution of President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.”

The lawmaker’s demand for a hearing follows the historic verdict Thursday in Mr. Trump’s hush money trial, where a jury found the former president guilty on all 34 charges. He’s the first former president convicted of a felony.

Mr. Bragg defended the jury’s decision after the trial, contending that while Mr. Trump was unlike any defendant in American history, the trial and decision were made like any other case in the Manhattan courtroom “by following the facts and the law without fear or favor.”

The former president was charged with falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment of $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels that was made to keep the details of an affair — which he said never happened — quiet during Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Republicans railed against the decision, contending that the trial and charges were a political exercise meant to kneecap the front-runner of the opposing party ahead of November’s election.

Mr. Trump could face up to four years in prison for each count, but will likely appeal the verdict. Judge Juan Merchan set the former president’s sentencing date for July 11, just four days before the start of the Republican National Convention where Mr. Trump is expected to be nominated for the third time.

• Alex Miller can be reached at amiller@washingtontimes.com.