Posted on 04/19/2023 5:46:01 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
A federal judge rejected an effort by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to block a Congressional subpoena of a former prosecutor for that office who had worked on an investigation into former President Donald Trump.
Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil ruled that she has no standing to block the subpoena, writing that the House Judiciary Committee has claimed to have legitimate legislative purposes for its inquiry. The committee and its Republican chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan, have aggressively confronted Bragg in the weeks since Trump was indicted in Manhattan.
The Judiciary Committee says it is conducting its investigation in support of possible legislation that would "insulate current and former Presidents from such politically motivated state and local prosecutions."
"The sole question before the Court at this time is whether Bragg has a legal basis to quash a congressional subpoena that was issued with a valid legislative purpose. He does not," Vyskocil wrote in her decision Wednesday.
Bragg, a Democrat, has accused Jordan of pursuing the subpoena to score political points while supporting Trump, a Republican.
Vyskocil said the dispute appeared political, but said that did not impact her decision.
"In our federalist system, elected state and federal actors sometimes engage in political dogfights," Vyskocil wrote in her order, noting that Bragg is an elected official. "Bragg complains of political interference in the local DANY case, but Bragg does not operate outside of the political arena."
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And deposited into the dustbin of history.
Libs never should of gone down that road, now payback is a BIT$H!
The former prosecutor's name is Mark Pomerantz.
One very interesting item from his Wikipedia biography that caught my eye was this:
Pomerantz wrote a book about his involvement in the investigation of Trump, titled People vs. Donald Trump, which was released on February 7, 2023.
I would think the guy effectively surrendered any claim he may have had to quash a subpoena related to his work as a prosecutor when he published this book while a grand jury was considering criminal charges in the matter he was investigating.
I love it. This was the same rationale they used to Get Trump’s tax returns.
That book is the whole reason he’s being subpoenaed.
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