周四去众议院共和党人开始了他们调查的下一步曼哈顿地方检察官的对前总统唐纳德·特朗普长达数年的调查通过发出传票罢免办公室的前检察官。
众议院司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹是特朗普在国会山最亲密的盟友之一，他发出了传票马克·波梅兰茨与他在调查特朗普和特朗普的企业中扮演的角色有关。传票-在特朗普被传讯两天后发出34项伪造商业记录的重罪这是该委员会做出的第一个判决。
Pomerantz是2022年辞职的检察官之一，原因是地区检察官Alvin Bragg不愿继续起诉特朗普。布拉格说，他觉得在这个问题上“需要做更多的工作”。在Pomerantz辞去特别助理检察官的职务后，他写了一本回忆录关于他参与调查的时间。
乔丹在传票上写道，他的书和媒体露面表明他“没有理由拒绝就委员会面前的问题作证。”
“基于你作为特别助理地方检察官领导对特朗普总统财务调查的独特角色，你处于独特的地位，可以提供相关和必要的信息，为委员会的监督和潜在的立法改革提供信息，”乔丹写道。
上个月，Pomerantz拒绝出现在委员会面前接受采访。周四记者无法联系到他置评。
在这张2023年2月12日的资料照片中，马克·波梅兰茨出现在华盛顿特区的《与媒体见面》节目中
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本周早些时候，在川普被传讯后，众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡说“布拉格对联邦司法程序的武器化”将被国会追究责任。"
布拉格的办公室已经与众议院共和党人进行了一场激烈的争论试图调查他的调查，他的律师称之为对纽约事务的不当干涉。
司法委员会周四在一份声明中表示，共和党领导的众议院可能会考虑“立法改革，其中包括防止州或地方出于政治动机起诉现任或前任总统。”
布拉格在一份声明中对传票做出回应，称共和党人继续“试图通过前所未有的骚扰和恐吓活动，破坏一项积极的调查和正在进行的刑事案件。”
布拉格说:“这些当选官员将更好地为他们的选民和国家服务，履行他们的就职誓言，在国会做他们的工作，而不是通过干涉州法院正在进行的刑事案件来侵犯纽约州的主权。”
到目前为止，他拒绝配合国会的要求，乔丹对是否在他监督正在进行的刑事案件时传唤他留有余地。
House Judiciary chair subpoenas former prosecutor on Trump's criminal case
House Republicans on Thursdaytook the next step in their probeof the Manhattan district attorney'syearslong investigation of former President Donald Trumpby issuing a subpoena to depose a former prosecutor in the office.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, one of Trump's closest allies on Capitol Hill, subpoenaedMark Pomerantzrelated to his role in investigating Trump and Trump's businesses. The subpoena -- which comes two days after Trump was arraignedon 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, to which he has pleaded not guilty -- is the first from the committee.
Pomerantz is one of the prosecutors who resigned in 2022 over District Attorney Alvin Bragg's unwillingness to pursue their case against Trump. Bragg has said that he felt "more work was needed" on the matter. After Pomerantz left his role as a special assistant district attorney,he wrote a memoirabout his time on the investigation.
Jordan wrote to Pomerantz along with the subpoena that his book and media appearances indicate he "has no basis to decline to testify about matters before the committee."
"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.
Pomerantz declined to appear before the committee last month for a transcribed interview. He could not be reached for comment on Thursday.
Earlier this week, in the wake of Trump's arraignment, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said "Bragg's weaponization of the federal justice processwill be held accountable by Congress."
Bragg's office has beenengaged in a back-and-forth with the House Republicansseeking to investigate his investigation, which his counsel has called an undue intrusion into New York affairs.
The Judiciary Committee said in a statement on Thursday that the GOP-led House may consider "legislative reforms that would, among other things, prevent state or local politically motivated prosecutions of current or former presidents."
Bragg responded to the subpoena in a statement, saying Republicans continue "to attempt to undermine an active investigation and ongoing criminal case with an unprecedented campaign of harassment and intimidation."
"These elected officials would better serve their constituents and the country, and fulfill their oath of office, by doing their jobs in Congress and not intruding on the sovereignty of the state of New York by interfering in an ongoing criminal matter in state court," Bragg said.
He has refused to cooperate with the congressional requests so far and Jordan has left the door open on whether to take the step of subpoenaing him while he is overseeing an ongoing criminal case.
