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House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan Sued By DA Alvin Bragg
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a federal lawsuit against Rep. Jim Jordan, House Judiciary Chairman. The suit is seeking to block congressional oversight. In the lawsuit, Bragg claims, “Chairman Jordan’s subpoena is an unconstitutional attempt to undermine an ongoing New York felony criminal prosecution and investigation. As our complaint details, this is an unprecedented, illegitimate interference by Congress that lacks any legal merit and defies basic principles of federalism.”
Bragg’s lawsuit also claims, “Congress has no power to supervise state criminal prosecutions. Nor does Congress have the power to serve subpoenas ‘for the personal aggrandizement of the investigators or to punish those investigated.”
Jordan called District Attorney Alvin Bragg the “true obstructionist.”
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) April 11, 2023
Jordan also said, “First, they indict a president for no crime. Then, they sue to block congressional oversight when we ask questions about the federal funds they say they used to do it.”
First, they indict a president for no crime.
Then, they sue to block congressional oversight when we ask questions about the federal funds they say they used to do it.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) April 11, 2023
In response to last week’s indictment of President Trump, Jordan subpoenaed former New York County Special Assistant District Attorney Mark Pomerantz to testify on his role in investigating former President Donald Trump’s finances before resigning in protest when Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg initially declined to charge Trump with crimes.
Jordan attached a letter to the subpoena to Pomerantz, which said Pomerantz “publicly criticized Bragg for failing to aggressively prosecute President Trump and even wrote a memoir describing his eagerness to investigate President Trump and disclosing internal deliberations about the investigation.”