mark pomerantz's attack on alvin bragg was about mark pomerantz's eagerness to prosecute donald trump o evidence in a case that alvi bragg believed was insufficient. and this book was greeted in many venues is an importan work of whistleblowing this book was from the start a obvious gift to donald trump it is now a gift to jim jordan because it is this book that makes mark pomerantz legally vulnerable to a congressiona subpoena, uniquely legally vulnerable the judge ordering mar pomerantz to comply with a subpoena, the opinion is reall not an outrageous decision o the merits at all. it's not terribly unreasonable especially after mark pomerant published this book. the judge loves mark pomerantz's book so much tha she quotes it at great lengt in her opinion and in detail and she shockingly distorts it in don trump's favor the judge falsely presents thi from mark pomerantz's book ultimately in march 2023 bragged it, of course, indic president trump, bringing th zombie theory back from th dead once again. notice that bracket, changin the chance of that word. there is a federal judge in w

i am honored to introduce mark pomerantz to all of you. mark received a b.a. from harvard college and a j.d. from the university of michigan law school. he worked as a federal prosecutor in the u.s. attorney's office for the southern of new york. he has also been on the faculty of columbia law school and has lectured on criminal procedure and white collar law at harvard and stanford law school's. and from february. 2021 to february 2022, he worked pro-bono a special assistant district attorney in the office of the new york district attorney cyrus vance, to assist with that office's criminal investigation into the personal and business finances of former president donald trump. this evening will talk about his new book, the people versus donald trump and this riveting work of nonfiction. pomeranz tells the story of his unprecedented investigation, why he believes donald trump should be prosecuted, and what we can learn about the nature of justice in america from extraordinary case. mark will be in conversation session with robert costa. robert is the chief elec

let us welcome mark pomerantz. >> thank you very much. it is great to be here. thank you for hosting this conversation, the c-span audience, and everyone in the neighborhood, and mark, thank you for being here to discuss your new book, an in-depth look at this ongoing investigation of former president donald trump. before we dig into that investigation you participated in, take me through your journey briefly from university of michigan law school to that call in december of 2020 to come aboard the manhattan d.a.'s office. mark: i will try to confine that story. there were a lot of stops along the way. after graduating law school, i clerked for a federal district judge in new york city and went on to be a law clerk at the united states supreme court, and after that became an assistant united states attorney in the southern district of new york and served for four years, then left as chief of appeals. i taught for a few years at columbia law school ben started a small criminal defense boutique -- and then started a small criminal defense boutique with a lawyer, an

not testifying so the court is basicall giving everyone a little bit o breathing room giving mark pomerantz breathing room, while ultimately deciding whether or not jim jordan has a legitimat legislative purpose for callin pomerantz as a witness now keep in mind, th interesting twist is pomerantz did not work on the case often by alternately charged also - hush money payment to stormy daniels. instead he worked on a ver different case around whethe or not trump lied on his tax forms. so that is something that think the judges will also weigh and then look at whether or not to mark pomerantz is an appropriate witness for ji jordan's purported legislative bill >> senator jones, it is always projection with th republicans. i mean, you cannot make this up you've got republicans like ji jordan claiming to be the part of law and order but what leg do they have to stand on when they are going after alvin bragg and trying t sow explicitly interfere in th prosecution of donald trump? i mean, let's be clear, this would not be happening if alvi bragg was not pursuing a cas against donald trump >> yeah

so, again, the court i basically giving everybody a little bit of breathing room giving mark pomerantzathing roo ultimately he decides whethe or not jim jordan has legitimate legislative purpose for calling pomerantz as a witness. no keep in mind, the interesting twist is tha pomerantz did not work on th case that alvin brag ultimately charged, which is falsifying business records an hauls money permits to storm daniels. instead, he worked in a very different case about whether o not trump lied on his tasks. that is me the judge will look about, about whether or no mike pomerantz is an appropriate witness for ji jordan's report of legislative bill >> senator, it is always something with republicans you've got republicans like ji jordan claiming to be the part of law in order, but what le do they have to stand on whe they are going after alvin bragg and trying to, s explicitly, interfere with the prosecution of donald trump? let's be clear, this would not be happening if alvin bragg wa not pursuing a case agains donald trump >> yeah, it is reall interesting, the way that we can find a s

mark pomerantz is going to say that donald trump is guilty of an entire lot more than what alvin bragg charged him with number two, alvin brag should've charged him sooner then he did. alvin bragg is going to look like a kind of calmer, wiser person who said, do you know what i'm going to press pause, i' only going to bring this cas in a subset of what i think is ready. in many ways, i think that thi is going to backfire on ji jordan, if he gets what he i seeking. it is alvin bragg who's goin to look like a cooler, calmer, more fair prosecutor, i think, than mark pomerantz. >> interesting that you have jordan responding to brad' lawsuit, his own filing, claiming that bragg's lawsui should be dismissed because it violates the debate clause at this point, the audience is experts on this subject, in th debate clause. does it apply here >> there is a case law in th speech and debate clause which does apply here. the problem is we have thi unusual context because yo have congress trying to ge information from another sovereign. it really can't be the cas that any single time tha congress is

intimidation here in this after house judiciary chairman as we noted that jim jordans subpoenaed mark pomerantz, pomerantz publicly resigned in 2022 after d a brag did not take up this case at the time against donald trump. now jordan's representative jordan's is arguing that that resignation somehow shamed brown. tag into finally taking it up this time around. how big of an argument do you think how winning of an argument is that for republicans? i don't think it is at all. i mean, mark alvin bragg has said he didn't choose not to bring the case. he just didn't want to bring it at that moment that mark pomerantz thought it was ready. he wanted to continue to develop the case and investigate the case and mark pomerantz than left and wrote a book and the judgment of someone who would write a book about a case. impacting the future of that case. i think we have to take with a grain of salt. what what he says about the particular case, and he also doesn't know what alvin bragg has developed over the last year and a half. i mean, mark pomerantz wrote this book, and now he's being called before the

after the agreement for former prosecutor mark pomerantz testify was announced, alvin bragg said thisuccessful stay of thi subpoena blocked the immediate deposition and fortress th time necessary to coordinate with the house judiciary committee on an agreement that protects the d. a.'s privilege and interests. we are pleased with this resolution, which ensures an questioning of our forme employee will take place in th presence of our general counse on a reasonable agreed upo timeline let's bring back kate benner and former alabama senator dou jones. katie, what do you make of thi deal between alvin bragg and jordan on having mark pomerant testify? it seems each side here ha claimed a little bit of victory, what do you think of it? >> well each side has claime victory because no ultimat decision has been made what is interesting as you see first of, all looking at jim jordan he has done something interesting here, he has claimed that there is legitimate congressional reaso of oversight in order to speak with mark pomerantz, because h has decided that he wants to introduce an incredibl

she took about 18 excerpts fro mark pomerantz's book, excerpt that shows that he critique th hush money investigation the one that is now been indicted in fact, he even quotes, and this is according to mr. pomerantz. mr. bragg saying that he can't ever see a world where he woul use michael cohen fo testimony. >> and michael cohen is, o course, a star witness of th d.a.'s office -- >> so, the judge put those excerpts in the decision she also said the first 35 pages of the complaint, was public relations tirade, against former president trump so, she put a lot into the decision, the judge, that wa very critical of d.a. bragg an the decision to try to prevent mr. pomerantz from testifying. in fact she even said, there i a book, and the d. a.'s office did write a letter to hi publisher, and ask them not to do it, but they never sued they never took any othe action, and the judge wa careful of that. they had an opportunity to prevent book from bein published, which actuall would've probably lost, becaus that would be prior restraint. but they didn't take tha opportunity, according to this de

this country works, that's not how the rule of law works >> i want to redo somethin lisa about mark pomerantz, thi is donald trump posted about marc prominence in which h said don't forget the clinto lawyer mark pomerantz or lef private practice to become a da, prosecutor president donald trump only to leave during the investigative process to sell book and tainting the entire case, here too for unheard o stuff. it's not supposed to work that way and then in all caps election interference kangaroo court. very much like many of donal trump's posters, a lot o information in there, what i he talking about >> i think what he's talking about is that mark pomerantz ort of laid bare in his book a lot of the think in th manhattan district attorney' office during the period o time which he was serving whic is basically through the end o cyber answers tenure and a couple of months into alvi bragg's tenure he talked at length abou various flaws with legal theories that they sort of tried on and discarded and now having had tha information in the publi domain, donald trump is saying wait one second, mark

this is really, really a mess, so with the subpoena to mark pomerantz, now of course is the fact that a book about the goings on at the d.a.'s office in new york city, over the objections of the district attorney. that does open the door a bit to the fact that he's already made these allegations public and as jim jordan has noted, you've already said these things publicly, so why won't you come and talk to us about them now. if the d.a.'s office wants to come in and object to a formal appearance, which this would be a formal appearance by mark pomerantz in front of congress, it can do that this will then set up a sort of court battle, i think, about whether a congressional subpoena can be enforced in these kinds of circumstances, and we're just going to have to see the way the courts rule on that. this is not -- this is not a situation that has arisen before >> kacarol, we've also learned that judge juan merchan who presided over trump's new york arraignment, made a campaign donation to president biden's 2020 presidential campaign it was for $15 are the optics problematic here? >> i t

legal analyst elie honig joins us now, ellie first can you give us a little insight into who mark pomerantz is? that's what we talking about here. jamison. mark palmer hands was a prosecutor with the manhattan d a. he's now jim jordans star witness. so let me explain how that happens. now palmer and many many years ago was a federal prosecutor at the southern district of new york, where later i would work along with alvin bragg. actually who was a colleague of mine. pomeranz came out of retirement a couple of years ago to join the manhattan d. a s investigation of donald trump by his own statement. since then, pomerantz has said he was essentially obsessed with nailing donald trump. now alvin bragg takes over as the d a. about a year ago and early 2022 pomerantz brings alvin bragg a half baked case relating to donald trump's valuation of assets and brag, says it's not ready yet. what is pomerance do ? he doesn't do more work he quits and he goes on a publicity tour, and he writes a book giving away all sorts of stuff that's happening inside the d. a s office now. alvin bragg, many other for

mark pomerantz and bite brag is trying to block that subpoena blocked the efforts to get primaries to come, testify and for those documents that jordan has demanded. they say this in this lawsuit, congress lacks any valid legislative purpose to engage in a free ranging campaign of harassment and retaliation for the district attorney's investigation and prosecution of mr trump under the laws of new york. can campaigns, a direct threat to federalism and the sovereign interests of the state of new york? the court should enjoying the subpoena and put an end to this constitutionally destructive fishing expedition. now jim jordans pushing back in a tweet, saying, firstly, indicted present for no crime. then they sued to block and congressional oversight. when we ask about the federal funds, they say they used to do it that werewolf about $5000 in funds that brags offices were used for a different trump investigation , but jordan's still pushing ahead and plans to have a field hearing in manhattan next week to try to discredit brag in his record prosecuting a crime in new york. all right, ma

don't make mark pomerantz come testify and stay out of a new york state criminal prosecution. you know what's so striking to me? just reading the lawsuit? um well, first of all they cite, you know, some constitutional you know the state's ability to prosecute these cases, but also just common sense, and i think that that's that's you know, i'm not a lawyer, so i'm going to go with the common sense part of this, which is that you read jim jordans tweet and he says, you're prosecuting a former president for no crime, and i think it's right there. in plain text. republicans have determined how they feel about this issue, and they want to stop it from happening. and i do think that that kind of crosses a line and on top of that the legislative purpose purpose that republicans are saying they have is that they want to pursue theoretically, legislation that would force state prosecutors whenever they're looking into a former president, or i guess the current president to move those cases into federal court. which i don't know, karen, you tell me. i mean, that sounds, uh, that sounds

mark pomerantz. with brad claiming that republicans are harassing and obstructing the obstructing the prosecution of the former president. jordan has not yet responded to this or to cnn's request for comments he did tweet earlier today. initially after this, saying firstly indicted president for no crime, then they sued to block congressional oversight. we ask questions about the federal funds that they say they used to do it. joining our table tonight is sarah fisher and cnn legal analyst and former manhattan chief assistant district attorney karen friedman . agnes. evening flow very good , like nailed it since you've been like such an expert on all of this since last week, as you were closely watching trump go into that courthouse with us. are you surprised by this lawsuit from alvin bragg? it was a major fight back. hard lawsuit in federal court. don't forget alvin bragg as a state court prosecutor who's prosecuting donald trump. criminally this is a federal court in the southern district of new y

but the idea because mark pomerantz has written in a book about a lot of this and about why he left that office. do you think that that hurts his ability to resist a subpoena like this one? well we'll see. you know, i assume that he will be reluctant to comply, but whether or not he'll be successful in in avoiding, um providing testimony remains to be seen again. from from my perspective, i looked. i simply look at the fact that as to whether or not is this, a congress stepping in and interfering with an ongoing investigation at the state level , and i really don't see that as a role of congress, quite frankly, and even to the extent that they have some kind of jurisdiction, i think again weighing in interfering with an investigation is really not what they ought to be doing. okay well on that front, the other remarkable story we're talking about this morning is this propublica report into supreme court justice clarence thomas and these luxury trips that he and his wife took whether republican mega donor which the donor says you know, that was just hospitality. it wasn't anything that ju

mark pomerantz wrote a book on this case and a work on this case at the prosecutor's office.on that is the january 6th committee faced potential witnesseses who had written books, mark meadows and peter navarro wrote books about their experience with trump and then refused to testify. so the committee referred both of them to the justice department and the justice department is actually prosecuting navarro. so there's not a lot of ground to stand on when you've written a book about something and then you refuse to go to congress to talk about it. maria: yeah, it's a great point. really, byron. let's talk about the two applications of the law, two systems of justice, fox news digital is reporting they that long-time hunter biden associate james bolger visited the white house during the summer of 2016, met with a former hunter assistant turned staffer for then vice president biden between 2015 and '16. he e-mailed hunter and devin archer, about various business deals in china and in new york hunter biden's art work is being displayed at a new york city exhibit in soho. they're

resigned, and then he wrote book so, what do you think hous republicans are up to here do you think mark pomerantzs, i'll b adjusted to hear catherine's thought on the mark pomerant pete as well, monk pomerantz should not have written a book he should not have engaged i public conversations about the work of the district attorney' office he, quite frankly, should be held accountable by th appropriate ortiz. having said that, simone, i' from the south, so tell me there's -- >> strong words. two colloquial, two wrongs don't make a right on the other side of the coin, you have jim jordan, who is actually doing what he is accusing democrats of doing, which is weaponizing the government the key thing to remember here about this case, alvin bragg has one charge that is to uphold the rule o law, what i mean by that it means, at its core, treatin like cases alike this is important, there is deep and abiding sense i america that there are two systems of justice, one for th rich and the powerful and th privileged, and another fo everyone else. and i want to live in a worl in a justice system wher everyone i

putting mark pomerantz, who' used to leading the case i front of the american people we know what he'srized it's just his version, there's been controversy if it's accurate or not. but this is what he says in hi book donald trump is guilty and he should've bee prosecuted long ago. >> the picture doesn't get - >> for more than what he's bee prosecuted for it's gonna be a very odd thing for our republican to illici to the american people there was a part of me that wa like, bring it on i don't think this subpoena is actually enforceable in thi context. there's an ongoing investigation. but it's one where, one of those things where be carefu what you wish for. >> or cutting off your nose to spite your face. >> - by bringing in someone who thinks he's really guilt free. or bigger crimes okay, good luck jim jordan angel weisman, great to se you. up next, clarence thomas's level of private at some luxur lots is coming under scrutiny. particularly, when someone els is picking up the tab. we'll explore all of that with the new yorkers jane mayer that's next. ♪ i'm going to somewhere, anywhere.

or kara scannell is here with more he wants to talk to, uh, mark pomerantz. who left brags office and wrote this book, etcetera in the middle of this investigation. this this is rare to see how brag is responding. no i mean, i think we've seen the former president and some of his allies try to block congressional subpoenas, including jim jordans. he didn't comply with a subpoena during that house january 6th investigation of the tables have turned here this back and forth between the house republicans and jim jordans, alvin bragg coming to a head now, with bragg saying, okay, i'm suing to block this subpoena for tests. the money from mark pomerantz. he's saying it's unconstitutional. congress is a federal body. this is a state local prosecution. and also they're looking for grant. excuse me. grand jury information that's covered by secrecy laws because that whole process is secret. so they're trying to block this subpoena as well as any potential future subpoena to brag or any other current or former prosecutors. so in their lawsuit, they write in some um, ex

testimony about the investigation, and after trump pleaded not guilty, jordan issued a subpoena to mark pomerantz, a former lead investigator on the case. bragg calling it raw political retaliation. and part of a campaign of intimidation his lawsuit says is feeding the violent and racist vitriol he and his office have endured, including more than a thousand threatening calls and emails from trump supporters. there is a real fear here about how the prosecution of the former president could effect the safety of the prosecutors. we learned tonight, david, that the manhattan d.a. himself has faced multiple death threats and tonight he is under heavy guard. david? >> aaron katersky on this case again tonight, thank you. now to the fierce and personal debate over the abortion pill. a federal decision expected in days whether to block or uphold a texas judge's ruling that would take effect by the end of the week. it would suspend fda approval of a drug used for 20 years in this country. tonight president biden is now weighing in. let's bring in mary bruce on what the white house is ready to do. first, h

to mark pomerantz and two if they should subpoena alvin bragger anyone else? bragg says. i want a ruling right now that that kind of subpoena is invalid and will not be enforced. what kind of judge is going to make this decision on what legal grounds? do they make the decision on? so this is this is the judge. she is a federal judge. her name is mary kay. okay she was appointed to the bench by donald trump in 2019. i never appeared in front of her. she came onto the bench after i left that district, but i asked around. she is not known as a partisan or an ideologue. she was basically a corporate big firm lawyer for about 30 years now, alvin bragg has taken this case to federal court. he's a state prosecutor, but he's essentially walked this case across the street because it deals with congress, which has federal jurisdiction. so we are in the district court, which is the trial level court. there will be a hearing next week. the loser of that hearing can appeal to the second circuit and then perhaps up to the u. s. supreme court could also go up to the potentially supreme

ashley: federal judge striking down manhattan district attorney's alvin bragg attempt to block mark pomerantztestifying before the house judiciary committee into alvin bragg's handling of the trump indictment. >> todd: the judge ruling the witness must appear for the deposition because no one is above the law. new york city cityman joe borelli joining us now. what is bragg afraid of? >> joe: this is not the 1st time we experienced alvin bragg. this is same guy who a year and a half ago took office with a day one memo saying he was going to not prosecute most misdemeanors, downgrade most felonies and for 18 months he did just that. only when a certain former president came along he decided to treat one criminal defendant as wyatt earp, when he has not had that posture toward anyone else. he came to the city council, to my body, a month ago, saying he had no money to prosecute people in manhattan. he said he dismissed 1800 defendants because he had no money to prosecute cases that he should do as manhattan da. >> ashley: he found the money somewhere, who knows. it is true, looks like he is goin

. >> republicans hope that mark pomerantz is there way into the investigation and bragg took a preemptive move to forward court in new york -- federal court in new york, see if he could stop the subpoena. it will be an uphill battle for bragg. >> showdown is coming to a boil. which guy will get burned. we get into it with party panel. co-host of the the big money on fox business taylor rigs, and host rich. hello to you all. >> hello. >> i'll start with you chadwick. fact that bragg is suing to deny access to this former member of his regime, is that what you need to know? some someone sets you up on a blind date, they don't answer, how do they look, a nice personality. you love sports, now imagine we're doing how does she look, i'm suing. is this not a tell that there is chicanery. >> he really studied. accuse your opposition. he said it is interfering. what he is doing to president trump. well timed. but you know you have to admire the tenacity and cajones on him here, is not giving up. he because not care how flimsy his lawsuit. is he said i'm suing you too, i'm going after everyone who

the prosecutors are mark pomerantz and carrie dunn. bragg suspended the case leaving pomerantz and dunn to resign. now a "new york post" report is revealing the charges against trump are rarely pursued as top counts in new york. bragg filed 117 falsifying business record charges since he became district attorney, eight times has falsifying business records been used as a top count like it is for the former president. this leading to slam him for prosecutorial bias. he will go down as a disgraced da and will hurt his political and he is politically motivated, his democratic party. that's it, bottom line, period, the end. >> brooke: on tuesday, president biden asked if trump's indictment is politically divisive to the country and the white house continued to brush off the story dominating the news cycle. watch. >> does it bug president biden when former presidents suck up all the oxygen? >> what is important to the president is to continue to focus on the american people, that is important to the president. >> he's good to lay low for a

mark pomerantz was set to address the committee at 10 a.m.ent donald trump. alvin bragg sued last week accusing republicans of trying to interfere. that is that breaking story, steve, back to you. >> steve: for now, he will not appear to be deposed. thank you for the update. ahead on thursday, going off-road racing on fox square and ainsley is putting her cycle skills to the test. yeah, hi. wonder who that is? i know who the guy is on the 12th floor, bill hemmer. >> bill: good morning, steve, we might see lift-off for the largest rocket ever built. elon musk is behind this so stand by on that, more on the hunter biden whiefl and karl rove and what you need to know and surprise here, congress cannot get answers on the chaos in kabul and a change in programs, espn anchor break with the network on women in sports. big morning, see you in 14 minutes, top of the hour. so many people are overweight now, and asking themselves, "why can't i lose weight?" for most, the reason is insulin resistance, and they don't even know they have it. conventional s

mark pomerantz, new york d. a.ubpoena riding repeated efforts to weaken state and local law enforcement actions are an abuse of power and will not deter us from our duty. to uphold the law. i will say every candidate running against president trump has said they think this is an overreach. i think this is unifying our party against the woke democrat party a dirty dirty. mr trump's campaign said they raised $4 million in the 1st 24 hours following his indictment, and he is still polling as republicans top choice. the supreme court justice clarence thomas released a statement today after a report detailing his luxury travel with a wealthy republican donor. the investigative site, propublica says thomas and his family accepted high end trips from harlan crow for more than two decades. the vacations included trips on crow's yacht at his private adirondacks resort and travel on a private jet. one trip to indonesia reportedly cost more than $500,000. thomas did not report the trips on financial disclosure forms as requir

more than 30 counts brags famously declined to prosecute donald trump for another crime that mark pomerantz has written a book about now, so clearly, he's not acting politically, i will say in full disclosure i've known alvin for over a decade, the name dropping at this table . it's actually my response. you know, you get in trouble when you don't disclose this kind of stuff. the guy hired me for an internship back when i was in law school, you know, he donated $100 in my campaign, i hosted a fund. razor for him, but separate apart $100 wow. but, you know, you know, public public service can't give in the way that people can. that's everything. every little bit counts. but look, i know him to be someone who is a very serious person who follows the facts and does not make political decisions. and i think we're seeing that play out racist death threats. i just want to put that out there. he's getting racist death threats because people have decided political hit job. i have to go guys, but a lot of people are sadly getting death threats connected to all of this, all right, we'll talk more abo

we can tell you manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is trying to stop mark pomerantz from testifyinguse judiciary committee about the charge against president trump. the court paused testimony that pomerantz was supposed to be giving right now until a three-judge panel can review bragg's latest filing. the house judiciary committee is accusing bragg of interfering with congressional oversight. one of their members told me yesterday they believe the subpoena is perfectly constitutional. take a listen. >> do you believe that it's a constitutional subpoena? let's start there. >> first of all he did use federal money to investigate president trump so you are now involve the federal government number one. number two, it is our job to keep the american people safe. so we as congressmen and women on the judiciary committee have a job to do to the american people. >> pomerantz a prosecutor worked as part of bragg's team on the investigation to trump in aier after resigning in 2022 and wrote a book about his work. jordan subpoenaed pomerantz to testify about the district attorney's investigat

bragg and employees of his office, particularly one of bragg's former federal prosecutors mark pomerantz. he led investigations into former president trump's financial dealings before resigning and writing a book about his frustration that bragg failed to move forward with his case. house judiciary chairman republican jim jordan subpoenaed to testify next thursday, bragg says pomerantz's testimony will jeopardize the criminal case against former president trump. the lawsuit reads in part chairman jordan's demands including his subpoena to mr. pomerantz seek confidential information that belongs to the office of the district attorney and people of new york. basic principles of federalism and common sense and binding supreme court precedent forbid congress from demanding it. his law soothe comes after house republicans announce they are holding a hearing in manhattan this monday to interview victims of violent crime who have suffered, they say, under d.a. bragg's progressive policies. bragg's office says it is a stunt, something that jordan disputes. >> the witnesses we will have on monday

. ♪ maria: will come back chairman jim jordan subpoena and mark pomerantz on his role on former presidentictment and the manhattan das office, your public resignation reportedly left da bragg deeply stung and caused him to issue an unusual public statement emphasizing that the investigation into trump his business was far from over, the federal election committee, commission showing judge juan merchant who is presiding over the term campaign in the trump case donated money to the biden campaign in ju july 2020 donated $15 to the biden campaign in july 2020 we also understand his daughter worked for, here's his campaign, joined me former georgia congressman and breaking member of the house judiciary committee doug collins. it's good to see you thank you very much a lot to unpack. what to make of the subpoena to the former prosecutor. a lot of people want jordan to issue a subpoena to alvin bragg himself. >> there's a lot of people that want to end again a lot of the issues that would be involved to get alvin bragg especially with this case currently in the condition that it is, the other t

jordan and congressional allies from enforcing a subpoena sent toe auto gentleman by the name of mark pomerantzy the leader of the new york d.a. trump investigation who then left and wrote a book about the experience. the 50-page suit accuses jim jordan of brazen and unconstitutional attacks on the prosecution of mr. trump. and a transparent campaign to intimidate and attack the d.a. but, on twitter jordan responded saying quote first they indict a president for no crime. then they sue to block congressional oversight. when we ask questions about the federal funds, they say they used to do it. now, today, the judge in the case issued a temporary restraining order that actually had been proposed by alvin bragg's lawyers. instead, she ordered that jordan's attorneys respond by the 17th, and she has scheduled a hearing for april 19th. bottom line here jesse, really we want to know were federal funds used in a state prosecution? and if that's the case, they need to come clean. and one way or the other, congressional lawmakers say they will find out, jesse. >> jesse: law fair. that's what they call

bragg is seeking to block former prosecutor mark pomerantz from having to comply with a subpoena issued by the judiciary committee last week. d.a. bragg says his office has received over 1000 calls and emails from trump supporters with "violent and racist vitriol," including death threats, since trump was indicted for falsifying business records to cover up a 2016 hush-money scheme. the united nations mission to afghanistan said it is reviewing its operations while its staff continues to remain out of the office follong a taliban ban on women working for non-governmental organizations. this is u.n. spokesperson stÉphane dujarric. >> this is putting this in a horrendous situation, putting franco, the afghan people in a horrendous situation because we have principles we have to abide by, nondiscrimination, we also have to abide by the de facto authorities themselves have to abide by the charter in terms of letting us do our work. but we also have to help the millions and millions of afghans -- thomas 24 million afghans need humanitarian assistance. amy: israeli forces shot and killed two

in this country, a federal appeals judge has blocked house republicans from questioning mark pomerantz in the hush money indictment of former president trump. republicans have subpoenaed him, but manhattan's democratic district attorney alvin bragg says they are trying to intimidate his office. the subpoena is now on hold until a three-judge panel can rule. president biden's nominee for labor secretary faced republican criticism after a senate confirmation hearing today. she's acting secretary and before that was deputy secretary , but republican mitt romney charged that she unfairly favored unions and never met with business groups until recently. >> this is really hard to understand how when we think about putting two groups together, getting them to compromised and negotiate, how he would have any confidence you would be seen as an unbiased, neutral arbiter. >> i think business leaders and associations who work with me would paint a different story about both my openness and my desire -- >> but you've got to meet with them for them to do so. >> several moderate democrats have declin

the house judiciary committee now has sent out a subpoena to the former new york prosecutor, mark pomerantztrump's indictment. al vin bragg is accusing republicans of unprecedented campaign of harassment and intimidation after the subpoena. where does the committee go from here if terms of getting to the bottom of what's behind the trump indictment? >> i think by bragg's own admission, he has admitted to using federal funds for this prosecution, so with federal funds and their use comes oversight and i think he continues to blow up our own investigation into this. i think the american people have legitimate questions. look, by polling that we've seen, a majority of americans think this was a political hit job and so getting to the bottom of this, highlighting this, seeing what is going on beneath the surface of these indictments i think is really important because it does highlight what you said, a two tiered system of justice. you have presidental records in thistthis elaborate raid on mar-a-lago but the biden family is allowed to give by their own add a mission boxes of documents. it cont

give us more of your reporting and remind us of who mark pomerantz is >> that's right. fast enough and in his book he outlined this idea that everyone on his legal team investigating potential financial crimes that trump committed harbored no doubts about the fact that donald trump committed a crime or potential multiple crimes and what jim jordan might hear but he is a ripe target for jordan trying to tease out and bolster this case that the d.a.'s office weaponized the journal office against republicans. >> the criticism of bragg is that he wasn't being hard enough or moving fast enough. andrew weissman said this last night about the subpoena. >> when i heard that today i was thinking, jim jordan is going to have another dud on the hands because that has backfired for him. putting mark pomerantz in front of the american people, he wrote a book, unauthorized his version and controversy about whether it is accurate but says donald trump is guilty and should have been prosecuted long enough >> better doesn't get better. >> that is going to be an odd thing for a republica

if this were alvin bragg or anyone else they would refuse to answer questions mark pomerantz is tricky office and has written a book anything in his book is fair game i don't know any new facts will come out certainly, they will be presented in a way that look as sinister and nefarious as possible at the end of the day, i don't know this does anything that changes the case that gets presented in court against donald trump. >> that's good to hear thank you very much for taking time today >>> one day after the dominion settlement, how hours and hours of covering the reported demise of america with skyrocketing crime rates, death coming upon us all, has run head first into the far right's urgent need to arm everyone three stories with tragic results to tell you about next >>> he was supposed to be the gop's savior the one to lead the party into its post-trump future. what we have seen so far from florida governor ron desantis is convincing republicans he is not quite ready for primetime. >>> red states are increasingly becoming laboratories not of democracy but of authoritarianism we will

actually mentioning that additional letter and he's als subpoenaed former new york prosecutor, mark pomerantzticize manhattan da for not prosecuting trum earlier than this. why would they want to hea from someone who in fact criticizes the manhattan da fo not bring in this indictment earlier. >> because i think obviously in my opinion certainly this has nothing to do with the law this had nothing to do with th facts. this is nothing to do with the substance of what the da's office is potentially going to trial with this is all about the show and politics and they can about it now, pomrenze certainly spoke about a lot of this casing as a, boo public appearances so th arguments really made if you can say it in place, a you can discuss to that place be i front of jordan's committee. but i think they are trying to throw anything they can in the way and use that to galvaniz the people to say this is political witch hunt as oppose to let's look at the case fo what it is >> yes to kind of push a narrative, it seems especially ahead of a 2024 presidential election and which the man tha was an ace and

what is being called two tiers of justice, house judiciary chairmen chairmen sent subpoena to mark pomerantz, trump's indictment jordan rights your public resignation reportedly left d.a. bragg deeply stubbed caused him to issue unusual public statement emphasizing the investigation into trump and business far from over the fec showing a judge wayne merchan, done this 15 dollars to biden campaign in july 2020, obviously, not a lot of money but did donate we understand, his daughter worked for kamala harris's campaign. what is your take on the potential, for -- you know, a conflict of interest here. >> well -- what what's happening going on quite a few years we are finding out system is broken two tiered system i tell you what american people we just want fairness we don't want to the feel being bullied seeing right now happens in former president is now what can happen to any of is, this is the way this is the way -- companies that are run by marksists communists operate on fear unfairness no sense of shame we're seeing from not only judicial government process we are seeing in education all

lawsuit - is asking the federal court in manhattan to drop blocked th subpoena from jim jordan t mark pomerantz, a former special assistant district attorney who participated in alvin bragg's investigation of donald trump and the trump businesses alvin bragg's lawsuit tells th federal court, chairma jordan's demands, including subpoena to mr. pomerantz, see highly sensitive and confidential local prosecutorial information that belongs to the office of the district attorney in the peopl of new york. basic principles of federalism common sense, as well as binding supreme court precedent, forbid congress from demanding it congress has no power to supervise state criminal prosecutions nor does congress have the power to serve subpoenas for the personal and dry dies mean of the investigators or to punish those investigated. subpoenaing of former line prosecutor to talk about a ongoing criminal prosecution a investigation is an affront to state sovereignty. as much as subpoenaing the district attorney itself sherman jordan claims he i seeking to conduct oversight but he has no power under th constitu

a federal judge ordere yesterday saying that th former assistant distric attorney, mark pomerantz, wh briefly worked for alvin bragg needs to testify to the hous judiciary committee in accordance with a subpoena issued by the chairman republican, jim jordan we report on that case her last night, the appeals cour has given alvin bragg unti tomorrow to file his appeals briefing and jim jordan will have double line next day, and saturday, to respond to that brief and that case in the cas at the appeals court could achieve a decision on th matter this will be sunday or monda paving the way for possibl testimony. as early as next week or, wh knows. federal special prosecutor jack smith, is closing in on another one of donald trump' lawyers. boris apstein, may, in fact, b a lawyer in name only. when it comes to donald trum -- although he's license to practice law he has served primarily as a political adviser to donald trump. jack smith reportedly schedule a meeting with force epstein and the special prosecutor's office for today there isn't any reporting on whether that meeting took place,

bret, the lawsuit is aimed at strong former assistant district attorney mark pomerantz from complying with the house judiciary committee subpoena to spill the beans on the inner workings of the office and what led up to the trump indictment. the complaint reads in part. members of congress are not free to invade new york's sovereign authority for their or mr. trump's political aims. congress has no authority to conduct oversight into district attorney bragg's exercise of his duties under new york law in a single case involving a single defendant. he, meaning jordan, and his allies have stated they want the district attorney to come to capitol hill to explain himself and to provide a good argument to congress in support of his decision to investigate and prosecute mr. trump. congressman jordan responding via twitter first they indict a president for no crime. then they sue a block congressional oversight when we ask questions about the federal funds they say they used to do it, end quote. now, bret, this lawsuit comes at a curious time about 24 hours after congressman jordan and house

later in the week alvin bragg suffered another loss when the r court ruled that mark pomerantz who worked on the case against donald trump had to testify before the judiciary committee. that decision is being appealed. here is former florida attorney general pam bondi, fox news contributor tammy bruce. let' s get your take on this. i thought madeleine was phenomenal. i think she took that committeeh to task. how dare they say she is a prop. >> sean, this is why americans are outraged for situations just like this. b she is a hero. she is brave. she is a grieving mother.ec shute is why prosecutors go to w school to prosecute cases, to bt able teco protect victims like r husband who was almost mortally wounded and her son who wasly fatally killed k, brutally killa as she said, the homicidal maniacs who killed her son are walking the streets. that is why real prosecutorso wantgo to go to court every day, to keep them off the streets ane protect people like her and her family. yet alvin bragg is a disgracechf and adam schiff and his friends should be disgusted by the way they treated her. i t