NEW YORK, April 20 — Mark Pomerantz, the former prosecutor who once led the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal inquiry into former US president Donald Trump, today won a delay to his deposition before a Republican-led congressional committee, court records showed.
US District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil yesterday denied Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s request to block a subpoena to Pomerantz from Republican Representative Jim Jordan, who chairs the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.
Bragg and Pomerantz appealed that ruling. Today, the US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary delay to Pomerantz’s deposition to allow a three-judge panel to consider the case. The appeals court said its order “reflects no judgment regarding the merits of the parties’ respective positions.”
Pomerantz’s the closed-door deposition had been scheduled for 10am EST (2pm Malaysian time) before the Judiciary Committee. — Reuters