An aide to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg made this suggestion when Jordan announced plans to hold a field hearing in Manhattan on April 17 regarding violent crime. Several House Republicans, including Jordan, are outraged by Bragg's indictment of former President Donald Trump. Bragg has charged Trump with falsifying business records. A Bragg spokesman asserted that murders in New York City were three times lower than the murder rate in Columbus, Ohio, and called the congressional visit a political stunt. Columbus ended 2022 with 140 murders, or a murder rate of 15.4 murders per 100,000 citizens, while New York City ended with 433 murders for a rate of 5.2 murders per 100,000 citizens. On Tuesday, Bragg sued Jordan to try and stop congressional Republicans from interfering in the case against Trump. Jordan had subpoenaed a former prosecutor who worked on the Manhattan district attorney's investigation into Trump. Bragg's 50-page suit accuses Jordan of a "brazen and unconstitutional attack" on the prosecution of Trump and an attempt to intimidate and attack Bragg.