As one Trump-appointed judge put it, even if Rep. Jordan’s goal is to mess with the Manhattan DA on Donald Trump's behalf, that may be beside the point legally. Because the law gives Congress great power to investigate. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
congressman from Ohio has waged a partisan battle against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who committed the sin of prosecuting Jordan's de facto party leader. Jordan's committee has subpoenaed Pomerantz, who wrote a tell-all book about his time trying to take Trump down while working under Bragg’s predecessor, Cy Vance. Pomerantz left the office when Bragg took over — and Bragg didn't immediately go forward with charges against the former president.
However nakedly partisan Jordan’s quest on Trump's behalf is in reality, it might not prevent him from deposing Pomerantz eventually. Bragg sued to block Jordan from deposing Pomerantz, arguing, among other things, that the congressman was just trying to undermine his case against Trump and didn’t have a valid legislative purpose for the subpoena. But Trump-appointed Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, sitting in Manhattan,Bragg’s motion on Wednesday, reasoning that the court “is required to presume that a congressional committee’s stated legislative object is ‘the real object.
That is, as Vyskocil put it, “even if Bragg’s hypotheses about the committee’s real motivations were correct, they are irrelevant.” So even if the Trump appointee understands Jordan’s real goal is to mess with Bragg on Trump's behalf, Jordan's ulterior motives may be beside the point legally. Simply put, the law givesStill, Bragg has appealed to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, which temporarily blocked the Pomerantz deposition that was set for Thursday.
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