Justice Department Refutes Allegations of Coordination with Manhattan DA

On June 10, Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte responded to Chairman Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) inquiry about whether the Department interacted with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office during the criminal prosecution of former President Trump. The letter was in response to Rep. Jordan’s April 30 letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland over his concerns of a “perception that the Justice Department is assisting in Bragg’s politicized prosecution.” 

In his letter, Uriarte wrote that the Department conducted a comprehensive search for email communications between any member of Department leadership and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office since January 2021 “regarding any investigation or prosecution of the former President” and “found none.” Uriarte wrote that “the conspiracy theory that the recent jury verdict in New York state court was somehow controlled by the Department is not only false, it is irresponsible.”