Republicans Subpoena Former Prosecutor Over Trump Indictment (1)

House Republicans subpoenaed a former New York prosecutor who quit Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s team last year after vigorously advocating for the prosecution of former President Donald Trump.

Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan wrote in a letter accompanying the subpoena Thursday that Mark Pomerantz has contributed to “political pressure” to indict the former president after resigning in frustration over Bragg’s alleged initial reluctance to move forward with charges.

Representative Jim Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg

Pomerantz’s “personal animosity” toward Trump appears “to have colored your work as a special assistant district attorney, to the point that you even resigned because the investigation into President Trump ...