Federal Court Denies Manhattan DA Bragg’s Request for Temporary Restraining Order in Lawsuit Against Jim Jordan 34 Alvin Bragg, incoming Manhattan District Attorney, speaks with supporters on election night in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Bragg has already notched one historic first, taking office Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, as Manhattan’s first Black district attorney. Now he’s weighing another: whether to make Donald Trump the first former …AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON11 Apr 2023169 3:17 A federal court on Tuesday denied Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s request for a temporary restraining order to prevent House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) from questioning a former prosecutor about Bragg’s case against former President Donald Trump.
Bragg filed a lawsuit against Jordan on Tuesday in an attempt to stop him from following through on a subpoena he issued to Mark Pomerantz, a former special assistant in the Manhattan district attorney’s office who left when Bragg took over out of frustration that Bragg paused the Manhattan office’s investigation into Trump.
As Breitbart News reported:
Bragg, according to a memorandum with the filing, is not only looking to stop Jordan “from enforcing this unlawful and unconstitutional subpoena” by obtaining a temporary restraining order, but also “to prohibit Mr. Pomerantz from complying with it.”
The memorandum described the move to subpoena Pomerantz, which was first reported by Breitbart News last week, as an “abuse” of congressional authority.
“Their latest salvo—the subpoena to Mr. Pomerantz—is an abuse of congressional process and a brazen incursion into New York’s exercise of its sovereign prosecutorial powers,” it stated.
However, hours after Bragg filed his lawsuit, Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil denied Bragg’s request for a temporary restraining order, which would have immediately blocked Jordan from following through on his subpoena of Pomerantz.
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“The Court declines to enter the proposed Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause,” the court ordered. “It is HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’ shall effect service on the Defendants of the Complaint together with a copy of this Order, the Plaintiff’s motion, and any supporting papers, on or before 9:00 PM tonight.”
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Judge Vyskocil noted that Bragg’s complaint referenced a declaration from Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr, but “the Court has not been provided with this document yet, nor is it on the docket.” The court also said Bragg failed to provide a copy of the subpoena served on Pomerantz.
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.” The court gave Jordan a deadline of April 17 at 9:00 a.m. to file any response before the final hearing occurs on April 19.
The case is Bragg v. Jordan, No. 23-cv-3032 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Alvin Bragg is scream-crying into his pillow right now.
Fixed it:
u/#mikeyep
You really think he looks like a guy who has such force and determination?
More like Soros has nude pics of him and his family and a gun held to his head to do whatever it takes.. of course he'd fumble and fumble..all the money paid in the world can't turn a stupid pig into a smart one.
I don't think it takes much force and determination to cry into a pillow.
With a head that big, he must have a super-sized pillow.
Brag’s sleepless nights have begun. And it’ll get worse for him. Sadly, he could move past this, but his vengeance is gonna eat him up.
READ what you posted!
The article is bullshit.
The judge issued an order for both sides to be served and to respond, and to have a hearing.
It is NOT what the writer of the article claims.
Bragg, as I have said before, is a fat, lazy, sloppy attorney. His pleadings are full of irrelevant nonsense, and he does not conduct procedure the way it is supposed to be done, according to court rules.
Personally, I think the guy is a moron.
The judge is saying that Bragg didn't do the paperwork right, and issued an order for both sides to do what they are supposed to do FIRST, and THEN there will be a hearing on the matter.
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Very nice that a state DA can't even do the paperwork correctly to file a lawsuit.
It's a motion for a temporary restraining order.
It was denied, and the court will not be issuing an order.
There's also a hearing scheduled for a week later.
These are all true.
The week interval is to allow an opportunity for both sides to negotiate. If they do actually make it to a hearing, the motion will almost certainly be denied again, and the issue will be closed. If Bragg wants to continue, he will have to find a higher court at that point.
u/#afraid
Bragg is saying that Jordan and Congress don't have the right to interfere in state proceedings, but he charged Trump with felonies so that makes it federal, not state. This is getting good.
Thanks for the post, asian.
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"34 Alvin Bragg, incoming Manhattan District Attorney, speaks with supporters on election night in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Bragg has already notched one historic first, taking office Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, as Manhattan’s first Black district attorney. Now he’s weighing another: whether to make Donald Trump the first former …AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON11 Apr 2023169 3:17 "
read around it...