Bragg Drops Case Against Jordan, Allowing House GOP to Depose Ex-Manhattan Prosecutor

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Manhattan 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.

โ€œThis evening, the Manhattan District Attorneyโ€™s Office withdrew its appeal in Bragg v. Jordan. Mr. Pomerantzโ€™s deposition will go forward on May 12, and we look forward to his appearance,โ€ Russel Dye, spokesperson for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote to The Epoch Times in a statement.

โ€œBragg caved. Jim Jordan won,โ€ 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 Trumpโ€™s finances. Pomerantz left Braggโ€™s office in February 2022 in protest of Braggโ€™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 โ€œpolitically motivatedโ€ 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 Braggโ€™s request for a court injunction on the congressional subpoena.

Bragg wrote in a court filing that he intended to appeal the lower courtโ€™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 Committeeโ€™s congressional subpoena of Pomerantz. This administrative hold did not reflect the courtโ€™s opinion on the merit of Braggโ€™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.

By Gary Bai

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