Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney, is in for a tough time as his legal battle against a House investigation into his prosecution of former President Donald Trump just took a major blow. U.S. District Court Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, a Trump appointee, denied a request from Bragg for a temporary restraining order against Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
Bragg had sought to block the Committee from getting “confidential documents and testimony from the district attorney himself as well as his current and former employees and officials.” He argued that the investigation was a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” his case against former President Donald Trump.
However, Judge Vyskocil noted that Bragg had failed to provide documents he should have to support his cause, including that “subpoena purportedly served on Mr. Pomerantz” as well as the “Declaration of Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr.,” which is mentioned in Bragg’s moving papers. She gave Jordan until April 17 to respond response to Bragg’s suit and then the court will consider the matter on April 19.
Mike Davis, founder and president of the pro-Trump Article III Project and former Chief Counsel for Nominations to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) told Breitbart News that Bragg’s lawsuit against Jordan is “laughably frivolous.” “Soros-funded Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s lawsuit against House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan is laughably frivolous, as evidenced by the fact Bragg couldn’t even win a temporary restraining order,” Davis said. “Harvard Law should demand that Bragg return his law degree.”
— ???????? Mike Davis ???????? (@mrddmia) April 12, 2023
Rep. Jim Jordan has also swung back.
“First, they indict a president for no crime,” Jordan stated. “Then, they sue to block congressional oversight when we ask questions about the federal funds they say they used to do it.”
First, they indict a president for no crime.
Then, they sue to block congressional oversight when we ask questions about the federal funds they say they used to do it.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) April 11, 2023