Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has filed a federal lawsuit against House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and the House Judiciary Committee, accusing them of attempting to interfere in his office's investigation and prosecution of former President Donald Trump. The lawsuit seeks to block the committee from enforcing a subpoena sent to a former prosecutor and other demands for confidential documents and testimony. Bragg alleges that the committee’s actions are part of a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” the district attorney and interfere in his office’s case against Trump, and is asking the court to block the committee from enforcing the subpoena and other demands.
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has filed a federal lawsuit against Republican House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, accusing him of attempting to intimidate and attack him over his prosecution of former President Donald Trump. Bragg is asking the court to invalidate the subpoenas that Jordan has issued or plans to issue as part of the investigation, including one for former Assistant DA Mark Pomerantz. Bragg has argued that allowing Jordan's demands would cause “imminent irreparable harm” and has asked the court to block the subpoenas and protect the privileged material from being disclosed.
Jim Trusty, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, has stated that he expects the Trump legal team to seek a motion to dismiss the historic New York City indictment over the $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. Glenn Kirschner, a former U.S. Army prosecutor and legal analyst for MSNBC, has criticized House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for attempting to probe the indictment, and Trusty has suggested that the Trump legal team will argue that the indictment is "overreaching" and "unconstitutional." It is yet to be seen if the motion to dismiss will be granted.
Tensions remain high in the Middle East after two Israeli sisters were shot dead in the West Bank and an Italian tourist was killed in a car-ramming attack in Tel Aviv. Israel responded with its biggest airstrikes on Lebanon in 17 years, and three rockets were launched from Syria towards Israeli territory, with one landing in a field in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Fragments of another destroyed missile fell into Jordanian territory near the Syrian border. The recent violence has raised concerns of a possible escalation of tensions, with the Israeli military monitoring the situation and deploying additional forces.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has requested testimony from Matthew Colangelo, a former Manhattan prosecutor, as part of an investigation into the prosecution of former President Donald Trump. The subpoena is the latest move by Republicans to investigate the Manhattan District Attorney's office, with the committee previously requesting documents from the New York State Attorney General's office. It is unclear how Colangelo will respond to the subpoena, but the investigation is likely to continue.
The House Judiciary Committee has issued a subpoena to former New York County Special Assistant District Attorney Mark Pomerantz, who had previously led an investigation into former President Donald Trump's finances. Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is seeking Pomerantz's testimony in order to investigate the prosecution of Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Pomerantz had resigned from the Manhattan DA’s office in 2022 and publicly criticized Bragg for not charging Trump sooner. The subpoena is the latest development in the ongoing investigation into Trump's finances, and is a sign that the committee is taking the matter seriously.
Former President Donald Trump was indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Thursday, prompting a response from Republican lawmakers who criticized the decision as a politically-motivated "witch-hunt". Trump has yet to comment on the indictment, but he is entitled to challenge the charges in court and avail himself of all processes and protections that New York State’s criminal procedure affords. The indictment has sparked a heated debate among lawmakers, with the outcome of the case yet to be seen.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office has accused three House GOP chairmen of attempting to interfere in its investigation of former President Donald Trump. The office's general counsel Leslie B. Dubeck criticized the chairmen for collaborating with Trump's efforts to "vilify and denigrate" the justice system. The letter also rebuffed the chairmen's request for testimony and documents, defending the grand jury's vote to indict the former president and saying the request would interfere in the criminal case. The District Attorney's office is not willing to be swayed by political pressure from House Republicans in its investigation of Trump.