In the face of yet another frenzied effort by the House GOP to torpedo Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of Donald Trump, this time with a subpoena that would force former senior prosecutor Mark Pomerantz to reveal key internal details, Bragg filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan and the Judiciary Committee he chairs. A judge should put an end to the harassment at once.
It seems like there’s been something of a misunderstanding on Jordan’s part; the Trump flunky seems to have interpreted his role as chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a mandate not to investigate but to conduct such weaponization, and he’s gotten to that mission with gusto, using his other perch as judiciary chair.
Jordan himself can’t seem to articulate exactly what oversight function the committee is supposed to be engaged in, variously mewling about supposed election interference, asking for Bragg to provide a rationale for the case and complaining that Bragg’s office receives some federal funds.
