Manhattan DA who indicted Trump sues Republican Jim Jordan over interference in case
by Guardian staff and agency from US news | The Guardian on (#6APRG)
Alvin Bragg is suing to block the subpoena of a former prosecutor who led an inquiry into Donald Trump's business practices
Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday sued Republican congressman Jim Jordan to stop what Bragg called an unconstitutional attack" on the ongoing criminal prosecution of former US president Donald Trump in New York.
The lawsuit aims to block a subpoena of Mark Pomerantz, a former prosecutor who had led the Manhattan district attorney's investigation of Trump. The subpoena, issued last week by the House of Representatives judiciary committee, which Jordan chairs, seeks Pomerantz's appearance before the committee for a deposition.
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