GOP House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (Ohio) issued his first subpoena in the panel’s probe into Bragg’s prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg fired back at House Republicans who subpoenaed a former prosecutor from his office on Thursday, accusing them of “intruding on the sovereignty of the state of New York” as former President Donald Trump’s congressional allies escalate their probe into Bragg’s prosecution of Trump.Key Facts
Bragg accused House GOP members of an “attempt to undermine an active investigation and ongoing New York criminal case with an unprecedented campaign of harassment and intimidation” in a statement released Thursday.
The statement follows a subpoena House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) issued earlier Thursday that seeks testimony from Mark Pomerantz, a former Manhattan prosecutor who resigned from Bragg’s office when it did not bring charges against Trump early last year, grievances he detailed in a newly released book titled People vs. Donald Trump.
Jordan first requested Pomerantz and Bragg voluntarily testify on March 22, which they both denied.
The subpoena—and Bragg’s response—is the latest back-and-forth in an escalating feud between the Manhattan DA’s office and Trump’s allies in Congress who have vowed to probe the local prosecutors’ criminal investigation, claiming it is politically motivated and designed to hurt his chances of being re-elected president.
