Former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz was so pissed that his boss Manmhatrtan DA wouldn’t indict Donald Trump that he wrote a book….
That book helped get Pomerantz what he wanted….
An ex-President charged with crimes….
But the book also lost his and Bragg’s effort it seems to keep Pomerantz from helping House Republicans help Donald Trump dodge ‘his’ case….
Pomerantz is sure to NOT want to answer some questions and which could hurt his former bosses case…
But his action ain’t gonna help DA Bragg one would think….
(I’m NOT a lawyer)
A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office for a temporary restraining order to stop a House Judiciary Committee subpoena of former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz.
District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil said Pomerantz must appear for a deposition as the House panel investigates Bragg’s recent indictment of former President Donald Trump.
“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,” Vyskocil wrote after hearing arguments in court on the matter earlier in the day.
Bragg’s office says it will appeal, though Vyskocil on Wednesday night denied Bragg’s request to pause her ruling while the appeals process plays out.
Pomerantz is set to testify before the committee at 10 a.m. on Thursday. He could not immediately be reached for comment.
In her ruling, Vyskocil said that she “does not endorse” the agenda of Bragg or the House Judiciary Committee and its chairman, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan…
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“While Bragg maintains that Pomerantz’s inappropriate disclosures cannot waive DANY’s privilege, such a claim is belied by DANY’s inaction in response to Pomerantz’s known plan to publish a book about DANY’s investigation into President Trump. If that information ever was protected from disclosure as attorney work product, the protection has been waived by DANY. Bragg concedes that he was aware of Pomerantz’s intention to publish the book before it was published,” the judge wrote.
Vyskocil also said Pomerantz, who is a named defendant in the suit, ultimately got himself into the sticky situation that’s made national headlines.
“The Court notes that Pomerantz is in this situation because he decided to inject himself into the public debate by authoring a book that he has described as ‘appropriate and in the public interest,’” she added….
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“Mr. Pomerantz is free to assert privilege if he shows up tomorrow with respect to particular questions, then the committee can ask questions to elicit the basis of privilege and they can adjudicate them on a question-by-question basis,” the committee attorney said.
Committee Chairman Jordan would ultimately be the decider of whether to allow Pomerantz to assert his privilege, the attorney acknowledged….
Note….
I’m NOT a lawyer….
But?
WTF doesn’t Bragg just hire Pomerantz back?