A federal judge has dealt a huge blow to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and denied a request for a temporary restraining order to stop a House Judiciary Committee subpoena of former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz.
On Wednesday, District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil said Pomerantz, the man who led Bragg’s investigation into President Donald Trump before resigning after falling out with Bragg, must appear for a deposition.
Judge Vyskocil said: “The subpoena was issued with a ‘valid legislative purpose’ in connection with the ‘broad’ and ‘indispensable’ congressional power to ‘conduct investigations.’
“It is not the role of the federal judiciary to dictate what legislation Congress may consider or how it should conduct its deliberations in that connection.“Mr. Pomerantz must appear for the congressional deposition.“ No one is above the law ,” the judge declared.“There’s politics going on on both sides, let’s be honest about that.“I’m talking about the subpoena.“That’s what’s in front of […]
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