Bragg Sues Jim Jordan in Move to Block Interference in Trump Case
Source: New York Times
By Jonah E. Bromwich, Maggie Haberman, Ben Protess and William K. Rashbaum
April 11, 2023, 2:29 p.m. ET
The Manhattan district attorney on Tuesday sued Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio in an extraordinary step intended to keep congressional Republicans from interfering in the offices criminal case against former President Donald J. Trump.
The 50-page suit, filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York, accuses Mr. Jordan of a brazen and unconstitutional attack on the prosecution of Mr. Trump and a transparent campaign to intimidate and attack the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg. Mr. Bragg last week unveiled 34 felony charges against Mr. Trump that stem from the former presidents attempts to cover up a potential sex scandal during and after the 2016 presidential campaign.
Lawyers for Mr. Bragg are seeking to bar Mr. Jordan and his congressional allies from enforcing a subpoena sent to Mark F. Pomerantz, who was once a leader of the district attorneys Trump investigation and who later wrote a book about that experience. Mr. Pomerantz resigned early last year after Mr. Bragg, just weeks into his first term in office, decided not to seek an indictment of Trump at that time.
Mr. Braggs lawyers, including Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. of the law firm Gibson Dunn and Leslie Dubeck, the general counsel in the district attorneys office, also intend to prevent any other such subpoenas, the lawsuit says. Mr. Jordan has left open the possibility of subpoenaing Mr. Bragg.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/nyregion/bragg-lawsuit-jim-jordan-trump-indictment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
swag
(26,490 posts)msfiddlestix
(7,289 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)If you're trying to protect the orange vomit, why would you want to speak with a prosecutor who was bent on putting it in jail?
2naSalit
(86,951 posts)Blows my mind is how he seems not to understand that he is complicit in everything according to the law which makes him a target too. And he seems not to get that. Hell, even Devin Nunes had the self awareness to slink around and try not to be noticed.
ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)Then they'll take any little thing they can and do their outrage du jour screeching about it ad nauseum.
Scrivener7
(51,087 posts)ificandream
(9,421 posts)Irish_Dem
(48,010 posts)What is his motive?
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)is my best guess
The motives of these guys is usually so transparent these days.
Irish_Dem
(48,010 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(5,213 posts)To paraphrase de Balzac:
Irish_Dem
(48,010 posts)soldierant
(6,960 posts)promoting fascist autocracy by any means possible.
Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)Gyms panda ring! To the GQP base and MAGAts, mostly for money.
calimary
(81,605 posts)Maybe he thinks it softens his hard-ass image?
ShazzieB
(16,646 posts)Are you saying Gymbo wears a ring like this?
Just trying to catch up.
Whatthe_Firetruck
(558 posts)Panda ring. = Pandering.
ShazzieB
(16,646 posts)ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)To keep his base voting for him.
Irish_Dem
(48,010 posts)The more trump is investigated, maybe Jordon's name comes up in some of the crimes?
Bev54
(10,090 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,025 posts)Published Tue, Apr 11 2023 2:43 PM EDT Updated 1 Min Ago
Dan Mangan
@_DanMangan
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a House Judiciary Committee subpoena issued to a former prosecutor who played a key role in Braggs criminal investigation of ex-President Donald Trump.
Braggs lawsuit names as defendants Rep. Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican who is Judiciary chair, the committee itself, and Mark Pomerantz, the prosecutor who resigned last year from Braggs office amid the Trump probe.
The suit accuses Jordan and the Judiciary Committee of an unprecedently brazen and unconstitutional attack by members of Congress on an ongoing New York State criminal prosecution and investigation of former President Donald J. Trump.
This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/11/manhattan-da-bragg-sues-rep-jordan-over-house-probe-of-trump-investigation.html
hadEnuf
(2,224 posts)Don't take their garbage for one second.
calimary
(81,605 posts)What you said, hadEnuf!
Don't take their garbage for one second.
Not even for a single nanosecond!
riversedge
(70,456 posts)Jordan needed to be smacked down.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/11/manhattan-da-bragg-sues-rep-jordan-over-house-probe-of-trump-investigation.html
.........Braggs 50-page complaint says that Congress has no power to supervise state criminal prosecution, and accuses Jordan and his committee of engaging in a campaign of intimidation, retaliation and obstruction.
The suit names as defendants Jordan, the Judiciary Committee and Pomerantz.
Pomerantz and another prosecutor quit the D.A.s office in early 2022 after Bragg indicated he would not pursue an indictment against Trump in connection with false statements around the valuations of real estate assets owned by the Trump Organization. Pomerantz later wrote a book about his work on the probe...........
also
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/11/politics/alvin-bragg-sues-jim-jordan/index.html?link_id=2&can_id=9cf99c7de98c34cdc8ea7fb05371e5dc&source=email-bragg-makes-jim-jordan-pay-for-meddling-in-trump-case&email_referrer=email_1876884&email_subject=bragg-makes-jim-jordan-pay-for-meddling-in-trump-case
BumRushDaShow
(130,025 posts)IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________
ALVIN L. BRAGG, JR., in his official capacity as District Attorney for New York County,
Plaintiff,
v. JIM JORDAN, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary;
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; and MARK F. POMERANTZ,
Defendants.
__________________________________________________________________
Case No. 23-cv-03032
INTRODUCTION
1. Plaintiff District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. brings this action in response to an unprecedently brazen and unconstitutional attack by members of Congress on an ongoing New York State criminal prosecution and investigation of former President Donald J. Trump. Beginning on March 20, 2023, Representative Jim Jordan, Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary (the Committee), began a transparent campaign to intimidate and attack District Attorney Bragg, making demands for confidential documents and testimony from the District Attorney himself as well as his current and former employees and officials. Two days after Mr. Trump was arraigned on 34 felony counts in New York State Supreme Court, Chairman Jordan and the Committee served a subpoena on Mark Pomerantz, a former Special Assistant District Attorney who participated in an investigation of Mr. Trump and his businesses. The subpoena seeks to compel Mr. Pomerantz to testify in a deposition on April 20, 2023. Chairman Jordans demands, including his subpoena to Mr. Pomerantz, seek highly sensitive and confidential local prosecutorial information that belongs to the Office of the District Attorney and the People of New York.
(snip)
More: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23772947-read-alvin-braggs-lawsuit-against-house-judiciary-chairman-jim-jordan-over-trump-probe-interference
Cha
(298,049 posts)Buzz Off Zombies!
badhair77
(4,227 posts)Finally.
calimary
(81,605 posts)Jim Jordans in over his head.
Hes used to swaggering around with his short little self inyerface. I doubt hes accustomed to having to deal with serious, experienced, practicing professionals who know their way around this stuff so much more successfully than hes ever imagined.
Your bluster and swagger wont take you very far, pipsqueak.
It will be a pleasure to see him put in his place.
ananda
(28,910 posts)Thank you
steventh
(2,143 posts)I'm glad to see litigation push back, not just talk. Fifty pages. Wow. Quite a push.
I can't access the NYT article, alas, but I did find the full court document:
[https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.597015/gov.uscourts.nysd.597015.1.0.pdf|
I'm going to read the whole thing. And enjoy it, no doubt.
riversedge
(70,456 posts)riversedge
(70,456 posts)Bragg mentions others such as McCarthy also.
BadgerMom
(2,772 posts)He can squawk all he wants if he has the audacity to subpoena Bragg and Bragg imitates Jordans own behavior.
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)I'm curious as to whether it is any good. Get's good reviews on Amazon.
Obvious85
(259 posts)somehow all the other states he lost would magically flip. This 'porn hush money' is really the least of Trump's worries, the stolen top-secret document case and the election interference in Atlanta is what is really going to sink him. Jim is pandering to Trump with no positive outcome
ExWhoDoesntCare
(4,741 posts)Is feeding the outrage addiction for the MAGA scum, so they won't turn on him. It's all about getting re-elected for the perv. That's all he cares about.
onetexan
(13,080 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)I know that after the midterms, Jordan probably licked his lizard lips and thought "Here we GO, non-stop lib owning for the Fox cameras," but so far, he's a bigger joke than he's ever been, and it only gets worse with each passing day.
iluvtennis
(19,911 posts)Marius25
(3,213 posts)He's been doing horrible things for decades.
ShazzieB
(16,646 posts)I guess Bragg figured 2 strong warnings were enough and it was time to file suit.
I'm sure Gymbo is delighted. This is one more thing for his dear leader Trump to add to his litany of grievances. Trump just loves to play the martyr, and now Gymbo can play martyr right along with him
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,929 posts)Marius25
(3,213 posts)So I don't have much faith in her doing the right thing.
The Grand Illuminist
(1,346 posts)that indicted Trump.
Blue Owl
(50,587 posts)republianmushroom
(13,880 posts)Bragg, nail that slimy Gym Jim.