A federal judge has ruled that House Judiciary Committee Republicans could question a former Manhattan prosecutor who investigated former President Donald Trump.
The ruling is a blow to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil rejected Bragg’s attempt to block Rep. Jim Jordan’s subpoena.
Vyskocil said Bragg had no legal authority to block the committee’s subpoena of ex-prosecutor Mark Pomerantz.
Bragg appealed the ruling and sought a stay of the decision.
Insider reports:
Lawyers for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had hoped the judge would quash the subpoena, which now requires former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz to testify before the GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee as early as Thursday morning.
Bragg’s side failed to show that requiring Pomerantz to testify would cause irreparable harm or that there was no valid purpose to the committee’s subpoena, wrote US District Court Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, who is presiding over Bragg’s April 11 lawsuit fighting the committee’s inquiry.
Committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, had a valid oversight and legislative purpose in issuing the subpoena, the judge found.
The GOP-led Congressional inquiry will explore the use of $5,000 in forfeited federal funds that the DA concedes was used in investigating Trump before Bragg took office, committee lawyers had argued at a court hearing earlier Wednesday.
Judiciary Committee attorney Matthew B. Berry said the inquiry will explore legislative remedies to defend former presidents from “political prosecution.”
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Hooray Judge awesome
He’s (District “Attorney” Alvin Bragg has chewed off much more than his his big-mouth and gut can handle!! What an egotistical ba5st4rd!! FJB!!!