Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sued pro-Trump House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan Monday for allegedly using his Congressional authority to engage in “a brazen and unconstitutional attack” on the grand jury indictment of the former president, and the prosecutor himself.
Bragg filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Lower Manhattan on April 11 seeking to dismiss a subpoena sought by Jordan — who also chairs the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government — compelling a former Manhattan DA prosecutor, Mark Pomerantz, to testify regarding the office’s activities and his participation into a separate investigation into Donald Trump and his businesses.
Trump — the first ex-president ever to be indicted for a felony crime — faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in the grand jury indictment, unsealed on April 4, which accuses Trump of attempting to cover up hush money payments to two women with whom he was allegedly associated with previously: porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal.
Trump and his supporters, including Jordan, have blasted the indictment as being political in nature, with Trump also targeting Bragg by name with his outrage — which led to the prosecutor receiving death threats ahead of the indictment.
Bragg alleges that Jordan, in his capacity as committee chair, is acting as a defacto defense counsel for Trump — seeking to use the federal panel in an effort to undermine Trump’s local prosecution in New York.
“Chairman Jordan’s subpoena is an unconstitutional attempt to undermine an ongoing New York felony criminal prosecution and investigation,” Bragg said in a statement. “As our complaint details, this is an unprecedented, illegitimate interference by Congress that lacks any legal merit and defies basic principles of federalism. The Manhattan D.A.’s Office focuses on the law and the evidence, not political gamesmanship or threats. We look forward…
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