[ April 24, 2024 ]
Scumbag’s comeuppance.
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Bragg Drops Case Against Jordan, Allowing House GOP to Depose Ex-Manhattan Prosecutor
By Gary Bai, The Epoch Times, April 21, 2023:
Story continues below advertisementManhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has dropped his effort to quash a congressional subpoena to a former prosecutor who worked in his office, a congressional aide told The Epoch Times in a statement on Friday.
“This evening, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office withdrew its appeal in Bragg v. Jordan. Mr. Pomerantz’s deposition will go forward on May 12, and we look forward to his appearance,” Russel Dye, spokesperson for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote to The Epoch Times in a statement.
“Bragg caved. Jim Jordan won,” the House Judiciary Committee wrote in a statement on Twitter Friday.
The development wrapped up a legal clash between Bragg and House Judiciary Republicans, whereby Bragg had attempted to stop the lawmakers from requesting testimony from Mark Pomerantz, a former prosecutor who investigated former President Donald Trump’s finances. Pomerantz left Bragg’s office in February 2022 in protest of Bragg’s initial unwillingness to bring an indictment against Trump.
A grand jury, encouraged by Bragg, brought an indictment against Trump in late March, prompting Jordan to initiate a probe into what he calls a “politically motivated” prosecution against a former president. Jordan subpoenaed Pomerantz to seek his testimony as a part of that probe. In response, Bragg sued the House Judiciary Committee and Pomerantz to prevent Pomerantz from testifying.
That lawsuit led to a hearing on Wednesday in the Southern District Court of New York, and a subsequent decision by District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, a Trump appointee, ordered that the congressional panel has the authority to become involved in the investigation of Trump and declined Bragg’s request for a court injunction on the congressional subpoena.
Bragg wrote in a court filing that he intended to appeal the lower court’s decision to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on April 19. On the same day, the court issued a temporary administrative hold on the return date of the House Judiciary Committee’s congressional subpoena of Pomerantz. This administrative hold did not reflect the court’s opinion on the merit of Bragg’s case, the court indicated in an April 19 filing, but serves as a short pause as the court considers whether to extend the freeze on the subpoena as Bragg appeals the case.
A three-judge panel was originally scheduled to decide early next week on this matter.
Bragg on Friday dropped the appeal, wrapping up the legal contention between him and the House lawmakers.
“Our successful stay of this subpoena blocked the immediate deposition and afforded us the time necessary to coordinate with the House Judiciary Committee on an agreement that protects the District Attorney’s privileges and interests. We are pleased with this resolution, which ensures any questioning of our former employee will take place in the presence of our General Counsel on a reasonable, agreed upon timeframe. We are gratified that the Second Circuit’s ruling provided us with the opportunity to successfully revolve this dispute,” Bragg’s office wrote in a statement on Friday on Twitter.
Judge’s CommentsDuring the district court hearing on Wednesday, the court affirmed the congressional lawmakers’ position that requesting Pomerantz’s testimony serves a valid legislative interest and that Pomerantz, due to his own conduct, is not protected by confidentiality privileges.
In her order, Vyskocil agreed with the congressional lawmakers’ reasoning that testimony by Pomerantz can help inform current and pending legislation. This includes a bill that, if enacted into law, would bar the use of federal funds to investigate a sitting or former president (the Accountability for Lawless Violence In our Neighborhoods, or ALVIN, Act) and another that would allow Congress to remove an action or prosecution against a former president (H.R. 2553).
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14 Comments
1 year ago
I heard an American guy claim he was just so glad to see Donald Trump DRAGGED into Court and charged with all the crimes he has committed, so I asked this idiot what crimes was he referring too and he looked at me like I was some kind of moron and ask me that if I didn’t know that already then there is no point in him trying to explain it to me and then as he walked away shaking his head I asked him, AGAIN, tell me ONE crime but he didn’t answer because he doesn’t know and has to wait until CNN informs him.
We are in dire straits people, seriously evil times.
Nasty Peelosi said Trump will have the chance to prove his innocence in Court when in FACT he is indeed innocent until she, and her gang, prove him guilty, and I thinks she is an actual Lawyer…
Go figure.
1 year ago
Reply to
Andrew
I have, often, ask those with Trump Derangement Syndrome to tell me, exactly, what Laws have been broken, or, exactly, what Trump has done wrong …….. not one has been able to tell me.
They get ‘wide-eyed’ and stammer, “Well, if you don’t know, I’m not going to tell you.”
1 year ago
Reply to
Grendel
The Swamp Creatures cannot tolerate a non-swamp creature interrupting their schemes.
1 year ago
“Election Interference” is an attack on the Constitution and the Republic.
“Election Interference” is an Act of War against the Constitution and the Republic.
“Election Interference” is an attempt to overthrown the Lawful progression of government.
“Election Interference” is, by definition, TREASON.
Bragg MUST HANG FOR HIS CRIMES
1 year ago
Reply to
Grendel
Either you went to the Heinrich Himmler Legal Academy or you have absolutely no idea of what treason is.
1 year ago
Reply to
TRM
Don’t forget the head of the NKVD, the predecessor of the KGB, Lavrentiy Beria. Remember what he said??
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime.”
1 year ago
Let’s hope that all charges against Trump will back fire to Soros. Bragg wont be able to brag anymore. Fk him!
1 year ago
Gym Jordan will give Pomerantz a platform to say that Trump is guilty as hell of far more things than Bragg is charging him for. Jordan has outsmarted himself again.
1 year ago
This is an opportunity to destroy an Operative of The Democrat Communist Criminal Terrorist Organization.
Go get um.
1 year ago
Why has no one gone after György Schwartz, a Nazi collaborator? Because he paying of people in both parties!
Oh, György Schwartz translates into George Soros in Esperanto!
1 year ago
Alvin Bragg is an affront and disgrace the dignity of the Office of the District Attorney.
Bragg should be disbarred from the Office of the DA for violations of ethics and corruption charges as well as for deliberate abuse and misuse of the DA Office and gross incompetence.
1 year ago
That DA Alvin Bragg is the personification of the two words “unethical” and “corrupt.” Bragg should be disbarred and have charges filed against him.
