Key takeaways:
- A federal judge has ruled that the House Judiciary Committee can question a former Manhattan prosecutor about the criminal case against ex-President Donald Trump.
- The appeals court issued a stay that will delay the testimony until the three-judge panel can consider Bragg’s appeal.
- Until then, the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into the Manhattan prosecution of former President Donald Trump will remain on hold.
A federal judge has ruled that the House Judiciary Committee can question a former Manhattan prosecutor about the criminal case against ex-President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil rejected Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s request for a temporary restraining order, finding that committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, had a valid legislative purpose in issuing the subpoena to former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz.
The committee and its Republican chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan, have aggressively confronted Bragg in the past, accusing him of withholding evidence in the investigation of Trump. Bragg appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Wednesday evening after Judge Vyskocil’s ruling.
On Thursday, the appeals court issued a stay that will delay the testimony. The court wrote that a three-judge panel will consider Bragg’s appeal of Judge Vyskocil’s ruling.
The House Judiciary Committee is investigating the Manhattan prosecution of former President Donald Trump. The committee has been seeking to question Pomerantz, who was a prosecutor in the case, about the investigation.
The appeals court’s stay will delay the testimony until the three-judge panel can consider Bragg’s appeal. It is unclear when the panel will make a decision. Until then, the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into the Manhattan prosecution of former President Donald Trump will remain on hold.
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