Alvin Bragg Gets Terrible News After Judge Shuts Down His Case Against Subpoena – ‘No One Is Above The Law’

Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg just got blasted under the water by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil denying his motion to stop Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH)’s subpoena of Mark F. Pomerantz. In this order, the Trump-appointed federal judge reverses an argument often uttered by liberals when she wrote that “Mr. Pomerantz must appear for the congressional deposition. No one is above the law.”

In explaining her decision in the analysis section, the judge wrote that “Bragg has not demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits.” She pontificated on how “Jordan and the Committee have identified several valid legislative purposes underlying the subpoena…First, they reference the Committee’s interest in investigating the use of federal forfeiture funds in connection with DANY’s investigation of President Trump…There can be no doubt that Congress may permissibly investigate the use of federal funds, particularly where the result of the investigation might prompt Congress to pass legislation changing how such funds are appropriated or may be spent…Defendants represent that the Committee is considering legislation to prohibit the use of federal forfeiture funds to investigate a current or former President.”

The order further noted that “This purpose, standing alone, is clearly sufficient to justify the subpoena and thereby to end this Court’s inquiry. On the record at the hearing on the motion for emergency relief, Bragg’s counsel conceded that the investigation of DANY’s use of federal funds is a valid legislative purpose. Second, Defendants identify the possibility of legislative reforms to insulate current and former presidents from state prosecutions, such as by removing criminal actions filed against them from state to federal court.”

The judge also further blasted Bragg’s case by writing that “Bragg suggests that these are not the Committee’s true objectives. Instead, he contends that the subpoena is actually intended “to undermine and obstruct New York’s criminal case against Mr. Trump and [to] retaliate against the District Attorney…The Court is required to presume that a congressional committee’s stated legislative object is “the real object.”…Moreover, even if Bragg’s hypotheses about the Committee’s real motivations were correct, they are irrelevant.”

Alvin Bragg Gets Horrible News: Judge Makes Ruling On His Frivolous Lawsuit Against Jim Jordan

She also noted that the federal-state separation of powers that Bragg tried to argue would shield his office from complying with the subpoena is absurd given that “…the subpoena was issued to a private citizen who is no longer employed by any state government and who has written a book and spoken extensively about the subject matter of the congressional inquiry.” She further detailed how even if Bragg’s argument was correct, he still failed to demonstrate how this would be “a constitutional confrontation” based on several factors.

The court further flipped the script of constitutionality on Bragg when the opinion noted that “[w]hile the Court need not decide the ultimate merits of Bragg’s claims at this stage, serious constitutional infirmities are evident with respect to a lawsuit against Defendants Jordan and the Committee.”

The scathing analysis of Bragg’s case by the judge was noted by the editor-in-chief of UnCoverDC, Tracy Beanz, who took to Twitter to write “This is how it [the ruling’s analysis of Bragg’s lawsuit] STARTED. It got progressively more uncomfortable for Bragg from here: ‘The first 35 pages of the Complaint have little to do with the subpoena at issue and are nothing short of a public relations tirade against former President and current presidential candidate Donald Trump’.”

This is how it STARTED. It got progressively more uncomfortable for Bragg from here:

“The first 35 pages of the Complaint have little to do with the subpoena at issue and are nothing short of a public relations tirade against former President and current presidential candidate… https://t.co/I2zL4SxQDd pic.twitter.com/lhXzWRrmQY

— Tracy Beanz (@tracybeanz) April 19, 2023

Alvin Bragg’s office quickly filed a motion to appeal the judge’s damning verdict. This appeal went to Judge Beth Robinson, a Biden appointee, who issued an administrative stay on the House’s interview with Mr. Pomerantz. The judge insisted that this stay “reflects no judgment regarding the merits” and that a three judge panel will take up the case and will render a verdict on whether to uphold or overturn Judge Vyskocil’s ruling.