NEW YORK — A New York appeals court has granted an emergency request by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to delay a former prosecutor’s deposition before House Republicans probing Bragg’s criminal case against Donald Trump.
Mark Pomerantz was slated to testify under subpoena at 10 a.m. Thursday in Washington, D.C., per a federal judge’s decision Wednesday, who sided with lawyers for the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee. Lawyers for Bragg’s office and Pomerantz appealed the decision to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, resulting in a late-night order temporarily halting the scheduled sit-down.
Pomerantz led the office’s criminal probe into Trump for about a year before resigning in February 2022 amid a disagreement with Bragg about the case being ready — with the then-new DA wanting more time to investigate.
In February, Simon & Schuster published his tell-all memoir “People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account,” which chronicles his work on the Trump probe, over objections from the DA’s office, which wanted to review the book to make sure nothing in it would harm the pending case against Trump.
The Trump-backing lawmakers intent on grilling Pomerantz say they are investigating whether there is an issue with political prosecutions of former presidents involving federal dollars that needs to be legislated. Bragg’s office says the House’s inquiry represents a power grab and unconstitutional intrusion in a state-level criminal case.
The appeals court said Bragg’s office has until Friday to file arguments and the GOP committee has until Saturday.
