Global Courant 2023-04-13 05:58:10
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, responded to a theory surrounding a possible motive behind the lawsuit filed against him by New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg
Bragg announced his lawsuit against Jordan over the investigation into his charges against former President Donald Trump after the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed former Bragg aide Mark Pomerantz.
Pomerantz, a former prosecutor who worked for Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, reportedly wanted the office to press charges against Trump before he left office after Bragg initially refused to press charges. An analyst quoted by “The Story” noted that Bragg may fear that Pomerantz could reveal more inside information about how his office operates under oath.
“Probably true,” Jordan remarked in “The Story.” “We know that people went to work for the district attorney just to go after President Trump. Pomerantz even said, ‘I would do it for free (and) don’t have to get paid because he had this vendetta to go after President Trump to go’ .”
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He told how the Justice Department, the Federal Election Commission and Bragg’s own Democratic predecessor Cyrus Vance Jr. declined to prosecute Trump on the same common charges.
Jordan argued that Bragg’s own original reluctance to bring the case stemmed from the fact that star witness Michael Cohen — Trump’s fixer-turned-foil — is a convicted felon who has allegedly been caught lying multiple times.
“Alvin Bragg won’t change his mind until Mark Pomerantz leaves, writes the book and puts pressure from the left to get Alvin Bragg to do the flip-flop and then sue the president,” he said.
The congressman said Bragg also used federal funds to indict a former president, suggesting he has legitimacy as a federal legislator to exercise oversight.
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Mark Pomerantz, author, People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account, appearing on Meet the Press in Washington, DC, Sunday, February 12, 2023. (William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Images)
“And then when we try to investigate it, he says, no, no, no, we’re going to take you to court. And the guy we want to talk to hasn’t worked for Alvin Bragg in a year, and he wrote a book on this topic. That’s why we want to talk to him,” Jordan said, referring to Pomerantz.
“We actually want to know if there was any involvement with Biden’s Justice Department, with the White House and how this all turned out.”
In an earlier Fox News interview, Jordan said it’s clear Bragg would rather focus on politics than public safety, which is why his committee felt the need to hold such a hearing in the Big Apple.
Jordan also noted that several of Trump’s opponents have supported the former president or criticized Bragg’s case against him — most notably former FBI assistant director Andy McCabe.
