House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday in an investigation into possible coordination between the Justice Department and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in the “politicized prosecution” of former President Donald Trump.

At issue for Jordan and House Republicans is that former senior DOJ prosecutor Matthew Colangelo is the lead prosecutor for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg against Trump in his New York business records trial. Colangelo’s efforts while with the New York attorney general’s office led to AG Letitia James’ lawsuit against Trump and a $450 million judgment earlier this year. Colangelo joined Bragg’s office after a stint at DOJ.

In his letter, Jordan told Garland it all adds up to “the perception that the Justice Department is assisting in Bragg’s politicized prosecution.”

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