Good evening.

People in New York City are used to seeing some unusual things, but today they saw something

they never have before.

Today, the House Judiciary Committee traveled up from Washington to hold what they call the

field hearing in Manhattan that was supposedly focused on crime in Manhattan, which is interesting

because the murder rate in Manhattan is below the murder rate in Washington, D.C., where

the House Judiciary Committee is based.

And it's lower than a number of big cities in Republican control states, like Tampa,

or Jacksonville, or Dallas, or Nashville, or Tulsa, Oklahoma.

So why did the Judiciary Committee, headed by Republican Jim Jordan, come here?

Because Manhattan is where district attorney Alvin Bragg works, and he brought charges

against Donald Trump.

And Jim Jordan is doing all he can to protect the former president and ensure he becomes

the next president in the United States.

At the hearing today, Jordan attacked district attorney Bragg, calling him soft on crime.

In response, Bragg called today's hearing a political stunt.

And last week, Bragg sued Jordan in his committee for political interference in his criminal

case against the former president, specifically for what he called the campaign of intimidation,

retaliation, and obstruction.

Now, multiple sources tell CNN that former president Jim Jordan speak regularly.

We don't know the topics of those conversations.

But sources have told CNN that another Republican lawmaker has become a key point person for

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