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swag

(26,490 posts)
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 02:42 PM Apr 2023

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 office’s 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 president’s 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 attorney’s 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. Bragg’s lawyers, including Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. of the law firm Gibson Dunn and Leslie Dubeck, the general counsel in the district attorney’s 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

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Bragg Sues Jim Jordan in Move to Block Interference in Trump Case (Original Post) swag Apr 2023 OP
Jim Jordan's gonna get his titty caught in a big fat wringer. swag Apr 2023 #1
Couldn't happen to a nicer pig! I love the imagery of that! msfiddlestix Apr 2023 #20
I don't get the Gym logic SouthernDem4ever Apr 2023 #22
What really... 2naSalit Apr 2023 #25
He wants the inside track on what the prosecution has ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #32
... 2naSalit Apr 2023 #23
Nice! Scrivener7 Apr 2023 #2
Kick Gymbo's ass, Mr. D.A.! ificandream Apr 2023 #3
Jim Jordan doesn't give a rat's behind about Trump. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #4
he wants to stay on Trump's good side in case Trump wins in 24 Hamlette Apr 2023 #12
Yes. And I think he has committed some crimes he doesn't want to see the light of day. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #17
BINGO! OldBaldy1701E Apr 2023 #48
+1 Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #49
Probably soldierant Apr 2023 #14
Oh, look at what I found! Fritz Walter Apr 2023 #21
Awwww... calimary Apr 2023 #24
This is the first I've heard of this. ShazzieB Apr 2023 #29
It's a pun... Whatthe_Firetruck Apr 2023 #46
OMG! 🤣 ShazzieB Apr 2023 #47
He has to appease the fat frump ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #33
For votes then. Maybe more than that. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #34
Wooohoo here we go. Bev54 Apr 2023 #5
FAFO Gymsuit... go ahead. BumRushDaShow Apr 2023 #6
Good! That's how you do it. hadEnuf Apr 2023 #15
THIS!!! calimary Apr 2023 #26
Bragg: "Congress has no power to supervise state criminal prosecution," and accuses Jordan and his c riversedge Apr 2023 #39
I had just posted the 1st page of the suit in a different thread too... BumRushDaShow Apr 2023 #42
Brilliant!! TY & DA Bragg! Cha Apr 2023 #7
Dems fighting back. badhair77 Apr 2023 #8
FINALLY!!! calimary Apr 2023 #44
True! badhair77 Apr 2023 #45
Good! Well done. ananda Apr 2023 #9
I'm so glad to see Bragg stand up against Jordan's shenanigans. steventh Apr 2023 #10
Thanks for the court doc. riversedge Apr 2023 #40
On p. 15 Bragg ment MTG and the fact that she has called for his arrest. Good!! ...... riversedge Apr 2023 #41
Gym ignored his own Congressional subpoena. BadgerMom Apr 2023 #11
Has anyone read the Pomerantz book: People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account Hamlette Apr 2023 #13
This is like when Trump thought if he could interfere and overturn the Atlanta election results, Obvious85 Apr 2023 #16
The positive outcome for Gymbo ExWhoDoesntCare Apr 2023 #35
Dumb Jordan is getting himself into trouble, all for political theater onetexan Apr 2023 #18
Gym Jacket Off Jordan's Howling Poo-Flinging Chimp Fox "News" Show hasn't been doing that well. Miles Archer Apr 2023 #19
Awesome news!!! n/t iluvtennis Apr 2023 #27
I still can't believe Jordan has never faced criminal consequences Marius25 Apr 2023 #28
I've been expecting something like this! ShazzieB Apr 2023 #30
Bragg to serve the lawsuit on Jordan by tonight and for Jordan to respond by April 17 LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2023 #31
Unfortunately the Judge overseeing this case is a Trump-appointee Marius25 Apr 2023 #36
Just waiting for congress to sequester the grand jury The Grand Illuminist Apr 2023 #37
Suck it, jacketless jackass Blue Owl Apr 2023 #38
I like it republianmushroom Apr 2023 #43

SouthernDem4ever

(6,617 posts)
22. I don't get the Gym logic
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 03:49 PM
Apr 2023

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)
25. What really...
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 03:53 PM
Apr 2023

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)
32. He wants the inside track on what the prosecution has
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 04:59 PM
Apr 2023

Then they'll take any little thing they can and do their outrage du jour screeching about it ad nauseum.

Hamlette

(15,412 posts)
12. he wants to stay on Trump's good side in case Trump wins in 24
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 02:58 PM
Apr 2023

is my best guess

The motives of these guys is usually so transparent these days.

ShazzieB

(16,646 posts)
29. This is the first I've heard of this.
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 04:10 PM
Apr 2023

Are you saying Gymbo wears a ring like this?

Just trying to catch up.

Irish_Dem

(48,010 posts)
34. For votes then. Maybe more than that.
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 05:01 PM
Apr 2023

The more trump is investigated, maybe Jordon's name comes up in some of the crimes?

BumRushDaShow

(130,025 posts)
6. FAFO Gymsuit... go ahead.
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 02:55 PM
Apr 2023
Manhattan DA Bragg sues Rep. Jordan over House probe of Trump investigation

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 Bragg’s criminal investigation of ex-President Donald Trump.

Bragg’s 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 Bragg’s 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


calimary

(81,605 posts)
26. THIS!!!
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 03:54 PM
Apr 2023

What you said, hadEnuf!

“ Don't take their garbage for one second.”

Not even for a single nanosecond!

riversedge

(70,456 posts)
39. Bragg: "Congress has no power to supervise state criminal prosecution," and accuses Jordan and his c
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 06:37 PM
Apr 2023

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
.........Bragg’s 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)
42. I had just posted the 1st page of the suit in a different thread too...
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 07:03 PM
Apr 2023
Case 1:23-cv-03032 Document 1 Filed 04/11/23 Page 1 of 50


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 Jordan’s 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

calimary

(81,605 posts)
44. FINALLY!!!
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 10:26 PM
Apr 2023

Jim Jordan’s in over his head.

He’s used to swaggering around with his short little self inyerface. I doubt he’s accustomed to having to deal with serious, experienced, practicing professionals who know their way around this stuff so much more successfully than he’s ever imagined.

Your bluster and swagger won’t take you very far, pipsqueak.

steventh

(2,143 posts)
10. I'm so glad to see Bragg stand up against Jordan's shenanigans.
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 02:58 PM
Apr 2023

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)
41. On p. 15 Bragg ment MTG and the fact that she has called for his arrest. Good!! ......
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 06:43 PM
Apr 2023

Bragg mentions others such as McCarthy also.

BadgerMom

(2,772 posts)
11. Gym ignored his own Congressional subpoena.
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 02:58 PM
Apr 2023

He can squawk all he wants if he has the audacity to subpoena Bragg and Bragg imitates Jordan’s own behavior.

Hamlette

(15,412 posts)
13. Has anyone read the Pomerantz book: People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 03:01 PM
Apr 2023

I'm curious as to whether it is any good. Get's good reviews on Amazon.

Obvious85

(259 posts)
16. This is like when Trump thought if he could interfere and overturn the Atlanta election results,
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 03:13 PM
Apr 2023

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)
35. The positive outcome for Gymbo
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 05:01 PM
Apr 2023

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.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
19. Gym Jacket Off Jordan's Howling Poo-Flinging Chimp Fox "News" Show hasn't been doing that well.
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 03:21 PM
Apr 2023

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.

 

Marius25

(3,213 posts)
28. I still can't believe Jordan has never faced criminal consequences
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 04:05 PM
Apr 2023

He's been doing horrible things for decades.

ShazzieB

(16,646 posts)
30. I've been expecting something like this!
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 04:17 PM
Apr 2023

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

 

Marius25

(3,213 posts)
36. Unfortunately the Judge overseeing this case is a Trump-appointee
Tue Apr 11, 2023, 05:02 PM
Apr 2023

So I don't have much faith in her doing the right thing.

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