Jim Jordan Humiliates Alvin Bragg In 5 Minutes - Lays Bare All His Failures

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House Judiciary Chairman and Ohio Representative, Republican Jim Jordan, laced into Alvin Bragg and laid bare his horrible record on crime in New York City

in a five-minute blistering opening statement that you have to hear to believe

Alvin Bragg's ears must still be ringing. Folks, let's take a look at it. Today's hearing is about the administration of justice and keeping communities safe

something that has always been a central focus of the House Judiciary Committee

Our witnesses today have felt the effects of crime up close and personal

They've been victimized by a justice system that cares more about political correctness

than punishing the criminals who've harmed them and harmed their family. We thank them for being here and sharing their story

Their stories are emblematic of a city that's lost its way when it comes to fighting a crime and upholding the law

As we all know, fairness under the law is a. bedrock principle of American democracy. In this country, justice is supposed to be

blind, regardless of race, religion, or creed. However, here in Manhattan, the scales of

justice are weighed down by politics. For the district attorney, justice isn't

blind. It's about looking for opportunities to advance a political agenda, a

radical political agenda. Rather than enforcing the law the DA is using his

office to do the bidding of left-wing campaign funders, he's taken his soft

on crime approach to the real criminals. One of Mr. Bragg first actions upon taking office in January of 2022 was to put out a memo that directed his assistant district attorneys not to prosecute certain crimes including trespassing and resisting arrest

The memo also stated that armed robberies should not be prosecuted as felonies

Instead, they were to be considered as misdemeanor larceny unless someone was shot during the course of the robbery

Thank goodness, after a backlash from police groups and the public, Mr. Bragg agreed to prosecute some robberies as felonies but left the rest of the memo in place

The president of NYPD Detectives Endowment Association said, quote, Bragg gives criminals the roadmap to freedom from prosecution and control of our streets

In Bragg's Manhattan, you can resist arrest, deal drugs, obstruct arrest, and even carry a gun to get away with it

And guess what happened under this new policy? More crime. In 2022, Mr. Bragg's first year of district attorney, New York City, saw a 23% surge in major crimes

Felony assaults rose 13%. Robbery spiked 26%. Burglaries in New York City went up 23%

Grand larcenies were up 26%. And auto theft increased 32%. Transit crimes surged nearly 30%

Imagine that. You leave criminals on the street, you get more crime

Patrick Lynch, the president of police benevolence, Association said police officers don't want to be sent out to enforce laws that the

district attorneys won't prosecute there are already too many people who believe that they can commit crimes resist arrest interfere with police officers and face zero consequences We should take a minute here to thank our brave men and women and law enforcement

We've got a number of them right here in this building. Thank you for what you do. In the last few years, police have been villainized and harassed by the left and even defunded

These men and women put their lives on the line every day. every single day

And they deserve our deepest gratitude. But that's not what they're getting from left-wing district attorneys here and around the country

Police do their job. They do the hard work. They go out on the streets

They catch the bad guys. And then the DAs don't do theirs. Don't do their job

Instead, they let bad guys roam the street. As we'll hear today, repeat offenders are plaguing New York City

On April 6, 2023, NYPD Commissioner Seawall, said recidivism is the undertoe pulling against everything we're doing to keep our city safe

It is counterproductive to public safety and frankly is a perpetual carousel of police resources

Astonishly, Sewell said that 327 individuals were arrested more than 6,000 times for retail theft

Think about that. 327 individuals responsible for 6,000 retail thefts, what we used to call stealing, taking

someone else's property, each person arrested on average 20 times. Maybe we wouldn't have that problem if they had arrested them and kept them in jail after

the first the second or maybe even the 19th time average of 20 times Given the record of crime the record level of crime we are seeing around the country our plan this Congress has been to include field hearings in some of our greatest

cities to yze and highlight how soft on crime policies hurt families, hurt communities

hurt small business owners. We believe it's important to hear from victims and their families who simply want to

share their stories, hoping that it will help create change so other families, so other families

don't have to suffer like they did. What better place to start than New York City

where videos of violent, senseless attacks appear almost daily, and where the DA of Lower Manhattan earned a reputation for caring more about the perpetrators of crime than the victims

Thanks again to all our brave witnesses for being here. And thanks to the NYPD, the Capitol Police, and the federal protective services for all they do to keep people safe

It is safe to say that Alvin Bragg has, if not destroyed New York City, greatly

greatly assisted in its demise after Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg did a lot to fix that city

Between him, new mayor Eric Adams, it's just a destruction derby. Not to mention Bill de Blasio before him

These soft-on-crime approaches are hurting our big cities. They are destroying them

And Jordan and the House Judiciary Committee are going to lay it bare in these hearings

stay with us as we cover every nook and cranny of them. Folks, please remember to like, comment, share, and subscribe

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