The House Judiciary Committee hosted a field hearing in New York Monday to examine what Republicans have labeled as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's "pro-crime, anti-victim policies."

The hearing was titled “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan” and was led by Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

Democrats have called the hearing a sham and a way for Republicans to attack Bragg just days after he indicted former President Donald Trump.

Michael Waldman, the president of the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law and the former White House director of speechwriting under President Bill Clinton, joined Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Monday night to talk about both the legal and political ramifications of the hearing.

“This was an attempt not to address issues of crime and criminal justice in New York, but to mess with Alvin Bragg, to mess with the [district attorney], because he indicted former President Trump,” Waldman said. “In a sense, it was about somebody who was accused of committing a crime, not the victims of crime.”