BREAKING: Federal judge denies Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's request for a TRO against enforcing

[In It to Win It]

Chris “Subscribe to Law Dork!” Geidner
@chrisgeidner

BREAKING: Federal judge denies Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s request for a TRO against enforcing a subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee (chair, Jim Jordan) seeking testimony from a former employee of the Manhattan DA’s office. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.597015/gov.uscourts.nysd.597015.44.0.pdf

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[Eugene]

1. Trump-appointed judge, as others noted in an earlier thread.

[ColinC]

3. She was referred to him by Democrats though, so I imagine had bipartisan support. Also I think she

was appointed by a more liberal appeals court when she was appointed to the bankruptcy court. That being said, anything Trump touches wreaks of corruption. So there's that.

[In It to Win It]

5. She was confirmed with the support of both Gillibrand and Schumer

[ColinC]

7. yeah

Again she's a trump appointee which we need to assume involves at least a small amount of corruption. He's a quid pro quo type of guy.

[LuvLoogie]

2. If you though Jim Jordan was a rabid dog before...

He'll take his McCarthy 2.0 show on the road further.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Yes the GOP will be able to shut down the rule of law in their favor.

And commit crimes with impunity.

[boston bean]

4. This is a fucking joke right?

[gratuitous]

8. And so when Rep. Jordan uses this opening to torpedo Bragg's case against Trump

I wonder if the judge will have a remedy available to the DA? Or will it be another case of "too bad, so sad" NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW (with certain exceptions)?

[Kaleva]

9. How will Jordan torpedo the case against TFG?

[gratuitous]

11. Oh, I suppose . . .

He could ask Pomerantz about his methods of investigating the former guy and his doings in the state of New York. Who did he interview? Why didn't he take a permanent appointment to the DA's office? And so forth.

The argument by Jordan to the federal judge is that he wants to investigate "unprecedented prosecutorial conduct," which sounds a lot like Jordan has already decided that there has been prosecutorial misconduct. I know it sounds absurd, but I'd bet even money that Jordan is not above stove-piping the routine criminal investigation of the DA's office into some kind of dark legalistic hoodoo unfairly leveled against the former guy.'

I don't think Jordan's smart enough to do this alone, so he'll probably need the assistance of a rabidly right-wing news outlet, perhaps even one that recently settled a defamation lawsuit against it on the eve of trial.

[Solomon]

10. Its called a travesty of justice

This is fucking ridiculous.

America, America. Swirling down the drain.