By publishing a book about the investigation of former President Donald Trump, an ex-prosecutor created a predicament for himself—and for the man pressing the historic criminal case against Trump, District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg.
A New York federal judge repeatedly cites the book written by Mark Pomerantz, who formerly worked on a probe into Trump’s finances under Bragg, when she ruled that Pomerantz should be compelled to answer a congressional inquiry into Trump’s prosecution.
U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil wrote that Bragg appears unlikely to succeed “on the merits” of his arguments against Pomerantz’s subpoena. At Bragg’s request, an appeals court has put the subpoena on hold temporarily….