New: Federal judge slaps down Bragg lawsuit over Jordan subpoenas

Federal judge denies Manhattan district attorney's request to block a House GOP subpoena of former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz https://t.co/xrHHWdKK6n

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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.

“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.

(via Right Scoop)

[This was a stupid stunt anyway. Now Bragg just made himself look foolish and impotent. — Ed]