BREAKING.🚨
“Did you knowingly break any laws when investigating President Trump?”
“I plead the 5th!”
“Did you violate anyone’s constitutional rights while investigating Trump?”
“I plead the 5th.”
Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg's former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz *PLEADS THE… pic.twitter.com/6hZB2mI6En
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) May 2, 2024
Newsweek reports:
Testimony from ex-prosecutor Mark Pomerantz on his investigation of Donald Trump is bolstering conservatives’ beliefs—including those of GOP Representative Matt Gaetz, who called the trial a “sham” to Newsweek—that Pomerantz and other Democrats have long intended to take down the former president without just cause.
New video released from a May 1, 2023, deposition shows the former special assistant to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg pleading the Fifth Amendment multiple times to various questions posed by Republican members on the U.S. House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
One question in which Pomerantz pleaded the Fifth was asked by Republican Representative Matt Gaetz: “Did you knowingly break any laws when investigating President Trump?”
The Florida conservative also asked Pomerantz if he broke any laws when he worked at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, as well as whether he violated anyone’s constitutional rights or New York State Bar rules while investigating Trump.
“Same response,” Pomerantz repeatedly said during the approximate six-hour hearing that day.
Here’s Congressman Matt Gaetz’s own take on it:
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