The Root; Published By: Jessica Washington
There’s never a dull day in Donald Trump’s world. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg just filed a lawsuit against staunch Trump ally and U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chair Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) for allegedly interfering with his prosecution of the former President.
Bragg did not hold back against the Congressman. “Chairman Jordan and the Committee have, in essence, appointed Congress as a super grand jury that can flex its subpoena power to second guess the judgment of New York citizens and interfere with the state criminal justice process,” the lawsuit says.
Let’s back up a second thought. Unless you’ve been staying offline (good for you), you likely already know that a Manhattan grand jury indicted Trump on 34 felony charges and that the former President plead not guilty. You probably also know Jordan and his Republican buddies on the House Judiciary Committee weren’t happy about it, calling the decision to indict Trump, “politically motivated.”
Jordan took the rather unprecedented step of issuing a subpoena for a former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz who worked on the Trump case so he could testify in front of Congress about the case. Read more
