House panel subpoenas former New York prosecutor in Trump felony case
A House committee issued a subpoena Thursday for a former Manhattan prosecutor as part of an effort to undercut the criminal case against former President Donald Trump unveiled this week by District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the summons for Mark Pomerantz, who helped lead the Trump investigation before resigning last year when Bragg did not immediately move to bring charges against Trump.
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Bragg unveiled the case before Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts related to a hush money scheme allegedly directed by Trump in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels about an alleged affair years earlier.
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While Jordan's committee has no authority over the the local district attorney's operations, the chairman also has suggested he would call for Bragg's testimony about the investigation, which Trump and Republican allies have cast as politically motivated.
Bragg quickly described Jordan's action as an attempt to "undermine an active investigation and ongoing New York criminal case with an unprecedented campaign of harassment and intimidation."
"These elected officials would better serve their constituents and country, and fulfill their oath of office, by doing their jobs in Congress and not intruding on the sovereignty of the state of New York by interfering in an ongoing criminal matter in state court," Bragg tweeted Thursday.
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Asked for comment, Pomerantz told USA TODAY, "I have no public comment at this time."
When leaving the office last year, Pomerantz's resignation letter referred to his belief that Trump was "guilty of numerous felony violations."
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Contributing: Josh Meyer
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Trump felony case: House panel subpoenas former NY prosecutor
