Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg made it clear Tuesday that he’s sick and tired of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) attempting to interfere with his prosecution of failed, one-term former president Donald Trump.
Bragg has filed a lawsuit against Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and is requesting that a court block Jordan’s congressional investigation until the Trump case is completed.
NBC News reports:
Calling it an “unprecedently brazen and unconstitutional attack” of an ongoing investigation, Bragg in the suit filed Tuesday said allowing Jordan’s demands, including subpoenaing former assistant DA employee Mark Pomerantz, would cause “imminent irreparable harm if the secret and privileged material is compelled to be disclosed.”
Bragg’s suit asks the court to block a subpoena issued by Jordan to Pomerantz. Jordan, R-Ohio, wants Pomerantz to sit for a deposition as part of the Judiciary panel’s investigation into the indictment of Trump. The former president pleaded not guilty last week to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to his alleged role in hush money payments toward the end of his 2016 presidential campaign.
Bragg released a statement shortly after the suit was filed.
“Chairman Jordan’s subpoena is an unconstitutional attempt to undermine an ongoing New York felony criminal prosecution and investigation. As our complaint details, this is an unprecedented, illegitimate interference by Congress that lacks any legal merit and defies basic principles of federalism.”
On Monday, Jordan announced that the Judiciary Committee would be holding a “field hearing” in New York next week to discuss the issue of crime in Manhattan. However, that hearing may be placed on hold if a judge blocks the Ohio Republican from interfering in an ongoing criminal matter.
Since Trump was indicted in March, Congressional Republicans have repeatedly tried to interfere in Bragg’s case against the disgraced ex-president. Some have even suggested that all federal funding to New York should be cut off if the Manhattan DA doesn’t drop the charges against Trump.
