A federal judge is denying a request by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office for a temporary restraining order to stop a House subpoena of a former prosecutor.
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., 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.
"Jordan, in turn, has initiated a political response to what he and some of his constituents view as a manifest abuse of power and nakedly political prosecution, funded with federal money, that has the potential to interfere with the exercise of presidential duties and with an upcoming federal election," Vyskocil wrote. Mark Pomerantz
Later, another attorney for Bragg argued that the district attorney believes Pomerantz had no right to waive the privilege on his own. Boutrous argued the subpoena raised"serious federalism issues," as well as concerns about separation of powers.
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