Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has subpoenaed the former New York County Special Assistant District Attorney Mark Pomerantz for his role in investigating former President Donald Trump.
Pomerantz resigned from the Manhattan DA’s office last year and said at the time that Trump was “guilty of numerous felony violations” in connection to his annual financial statements, according to CNN.
“Based on your unique role as a special assistant district attorney leading the investigation into President Trump’s finances, you are uniquely situated to provide information that is relevant and necessary to inform the Committee’s oversight and potential legislative reforms,” Jordan wrote in the subpoena letter.
It’s unusual for Congress to subpoena a line prosecutor, Politico noted. But Pomerantz has written a book that included details of the New York investigation into Trump and his organization that could make it more difficult for him to resist the subpoena.
Jordan writes that because of Pomerantz’s book and public media appearances, he has “no basis to decline to testify about matters before the Committee.”
“Just this month, you published a book excoriating Bragg for not aggressively prosecuting President Trump, laying bare the office’s internal deliberations about the investigation and your personal animus toward President Trump,” Jordan wrote.
The deposition date has been set for April 20.
