Rep. Jim Jordan and Judiciary Committee ask court to toss lawsuit by Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg
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Attorneys for the House Judiciary Committee and its chairman, GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, fired back Monday at a federal lawsuit filed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is trying to halt a congressional subpoena of an ex-prosecutor who was involved in the investigation of former President Donald Trump.
In a 35-page filing, attorneys for Jordan said Bragg's lawsuit should be dismissed. They argued the suit violates the Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause, which can protect members of Congress from some litigation related to legislative activity. Jordan and the Judiciary Committee launched an investigation of Bragg's office in the weeks before Trump was indicted on March 30.
The committee subpoenaed former Manhattan prosecutor Mark Pomerantz on April 6, seeking his testimony as part of an investigation designed to inform future legislation that would "insulate current and former Presidents from such politically motivated state and local prosecutions," as the committee put it.
