Posted on 05/12/2023 9:37:15 PM PDT by Coronal
A former Manhattan district attorney’s office prosecutor refused to answer questions about Alvin Bragg’s 34-count felony indictment of former President Donald Trump after he was subpoenaed to appear by House Republicans.
Mark Pomerantz, who resigned from the prosecutor’s office in February 2022 after District Attorney Bragg’s predecessor, Cyrus Vance, didn’t pursue the charges that were then finally filed earlier this year by Bragg, declined to answer any questions about the Trump investigation on Friday.
“I am here because I respect the rule of law," Pomerantz said behind closed doors in front of the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee. “What I do not respect is the committee’s use of subpoena power to compel me to participate in an act of political theater.”
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, had asked for Pomerantz’s voluntary cooperation in late March, but Pomerantz declined to do so at the direction of Bragg.
Jordan followed up with a subpoena in early April, calling on Pomerantz to appear for a deposition, noting that Pomerantz “led the investigation” into Trump’s finances “before resigning in protest” after Bragg’s “initial reluctance to move forward with charges” against the former president.
"Pomerantz’s public statements about the investigation strongly suggest that Bragg’s prosecution of President Trump is politically motivated,” Jordan contended last month, in part a reference to Pomerantz’s book, "People vs. Donald Trump".
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This wasn’t a Criminal trial or anything, they just wanted to ask him some questions - but he repeatedly, over and over, claimed the Fifth.
The people questioning him can’t charge anyone, and all the referrals from Republicans have been ignored. Seems odd.
Must be something big
Hold him in contempt.
Is that too much to ask of McCarthy?
Apparently he’s invoking the 5th on any questions relating to the investigation.
Aren’t most Congressional Hearing “political theater”?
And yet everyone is expected to answer questions, whether they want to be in that production or not?
This is something Pomeranz will not be able to Bragg about in the future. He will pay for his unethical behavior.
So how is contempt enforced by Congress?
Does the DOJ take over?
If so, there is no sanction.
Ask Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon.
Jail him
Citizens can use the 5th amendment but government employees can not.
ANY visible machination of our government is "political theater"
This wasn’t a Criminal trial or anything, they just wanted to ask him some questions - but he repeatedly, over and over, claimed the Fifth.
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You can only invoke the Fifth if it might incriminate you, so if this dude is indeed invoking the Fifth, he is implying that he might be guilty of a crime.
Are you certain he is invoking the Fifth? Or is he refusing to answer for another reason?
Citizens can use the 5th amendment but government employees can not.
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Sure they can, if they themselves could be guilty of a crime. But on behalf of their office, you are right, the Fifth can’t be invoked. I doubt this dude is invoking the Fifth; I need further information.
Congress has no enforcement ability.
But a referral can be made to DOJ.
Of course the current corrupt DOJ will not act on it.
But a future GOP President and his AG
could act on it.
“What I do not respect is the committee’s use of subpoena power to compel me to participate in an act of political theater.”
Look who’s talking about political theater.
Bold of you to assume there will ever be another GOP president. The democrats figure stealing power one more time should be enough to finish the job of burning the country to it’s foundation.
Yep. Mass Mail Out Ballots To ALL REGISTERED VOTERS.
No copy of ID required when mailing in or muled to a drop box.
No real signature verification.
A recipe for Mass Fraud.
Of course...wrong party.
Does the enforcement of the Subpoena continue after the termination of the Congressional Term?
Good question. I don’t know the answer.
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