<p>A conservative watchdog group is suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) for emails that could shed light on the DOJ&#8217;s role in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg&#8217;s criminal prosecution of Donald Trump.</p>
<p>Matthew Colangelo left his plum job near the top of President Joe Biden&#8217;s DOJ to work for Bragg on the Trump case in December 2022, a highly unusual move that likely would have involved discussions with other DOJ brass about his departure. That case ultimately led to the conviction of Trump, Biden&#8217;s election opponent, of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-demands-his-verdict-go-straight-to-supreme-court-for-review" target="_blank" rel="noopener">34 felonies</a> over a minor financial matter.</p>
<p>The DOJ did not turn over records for Colangelo&#8217;s emails and calendar entries mentioning Trump during his time at the department, so America First Legal (AFL), a nonprofit helmed by former Trump official Stephen Miller, <a href="https://media.aflegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/03174917/AFLvDOJ_ECF-001_Compl.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> on Monday.</p>
<p>“No one leaves being the #3 at the Department of Justice to go work in a district attorney’s office–no matter which one it is. There is no plausible explanation other than engagement in a coordinated campaign to target one man – President Trump. The American people deserve to see these records,” Gene Hamilton, AFL&#8217;s executive director, said in a statement.</p>
<p>Before serving as Acting Associate Attorney General, Colangelo worked for the New York Attorney General&#8217;s office, which also investigated Trump, the lawsuit said.</p>
<p>A Freedom of Information Act request filed last year requested all of Colangelo&#8217;s records containing the terms Trump or FPOTUS, as well as his calendar at the DOJ.</p>
<p>In August, the DOJ asked AFL to narrow the request, which it did, but the DOJ still did not provide the records.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Defendant has violated the FOIA by failing to reasonably search for records,&#8221; the lawsuit said.</p>
<p>Attorney General Merrick Garland praised Colangelo in announcing his departure from the federal government, saying he relied on his &#8220;wise counsel.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said in a <a href="https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-roy-issues-statement-bragg-and-colangelo-testify-congress">statement</a> that the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government has asked Bragg and Colangelo to testify before Congress about the prosecution of Trump, adding that &#8220;it will take more than hearings — the GOP must radically constrain the power of government — by cutting spending used to fund this tyranny, firing bureaucrats, and legally holding people accountable.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) <a href="https://www.vance.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-vance-calls-for-criminal-investigation-into-judge-merchan/">called</a> Colangelo a &#8220;plausible coconspirator&#8221; in illegally depriving Trump of rights.</p>
<p>AFL recently represented The Daily Wire in a similar lawsuit against the DOJ, in which the department initially declined to release records that, it turned out, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-hate-unit-tracked-moms-for-liberty-alongside-kkk-secret-emails-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> that the Department was lumping in the center-right parents group Moms for Liberty with the KKK, the Oath Keepers, and hate crimes.</p>

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