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Trump-indicting D.A. Bragg faceplants in federal court
Posted at 1:33 pm on April 17, 2023 by Aaron Walker
Okay, we’re going to have to catch you up on a few events, to get to the funny, faceplanting part. But we promise this is going to be hilarious and totally worth it.
A bit back, Rep. Jim Jordan (Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee) sent a subpoena, to investigate whether New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg had a political agenda in indicting Trump. Crazy, right?
The subpoena was to Mark Pomerantz. Pomerantz had previously worked in Bragg’s office as a Special Assistant District Attorney and reportedly quit in protest when he thought Bragg wouldn’t indict Trump. As just an educated guess, Jordan probably thinks that Bragg has given Pomerantz a window into his thinking which might support the claim that this is a politically-motivated prosecution. So now the committee has subpoenaed Pomerantz to give sworn testimony to them.
That led Bragg to sue Jordan, the House Judiciary Committee, and (for procedural reasons) Pomerantz himself to stop the subpoena, claiming in the lawsuit that it is an ‘unprecedently brazen and unconstitutional attack by members of Congress on an ongoing New York State criminal prosecution and investigation of former President Donald J. Trump.’ We are surprised he didn’t write it in ALL CAPS with lots of exclamation points.
And one of the things that Bragg requested was a temporary restraining order stopping the subpoena (that’s basically an injunction, typically issued without the other side having a chance to respond). The motion for that restraining order was filed Tuesday, April 11:
Alvin Bragg is also seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against Jim Jordan barring enforcement of, or compliance with, the subpoena for Mark Pomerantz. https://t.co/3zmAnJHCvc pic.twitter.com/4k7DQSe5X2
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 11, 2023
It’s not clear what time that motion was filed, but by 2:00 p.m. the day it was filed, Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil had already rejected the motion:
Soros-funded Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s (frivolous) lawsuit against House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan is already off to a bad start for Bragg:
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York declined to even enter a temporary restraining order.
— ???? Mike Davis ???? (@mrddmia) April 12, 2023
And the reason why she rejected it so quickly is where it starts to get funny:
pic.twitter.com/E5LsB6Q5uK
— ???? Mike Davis ???? (@mrddmia) April 12, 2023
If you don’t feel like blowing up the text of the order, it says ‘[t]he moving papers reference a Declaration of Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., but the Court has not been provided with this document yet, nor is it on the docket. The Court also has not been provided with a copy of the subpoena purportedly served on Mr. Pomerantz.’
In other words, they were supposed to attach a couple of documents, including the subpoena itself, and didn’t.
In the legal profession, what this judge did is called a bench-slap.
“Expert” lawyer Alvin Bragg sued Jim Jordan to stop Jordan’s subpoena of Mark Pomerantz.
The only problem? Bragg forgot to include the subpoena in the suit.
Judge in the case calls him out. Yikes. ??https://t.co/mXQk08B4x0
— Jenna Ellis ???? (@JennaEllisEsq) April 12, 2023
Embarrassing
— Charles Calenda (@CharlesCalenda) April 12, 2023