Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., posted a video on Thursday of a former prosecutor who investigated former President Trump pleading the fifth under questioning about his actions.
The video was recorded during a closed session of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government in May 2023, according to a congressional source.
NEW VIDEO:
Trump Prosecutor PLEADS FIFTH when asked if he BROKE THE LAW investigating Trump! pic.twitter.com/enDGztIhtD
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) May 2, 2024
Mark Pomerantz, former special assistant to the New York County District Attorney, can be seen in the video declining to answer several questions, such as, “Did you knowingly break any laws when investigating President Trump?” and “Did you misuse any federal funds when investigating President Trump?”
His counsel appeared to be saying, “objection” after each question.
Pomerantz resigned on February 23, 2022. In his resignation letter, Pomerantz argued that there was “evidence sufficient to establish Mr. Trump’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt” and that “the public interest warrants the criminal prosecution of Mr. Trump.”
According to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman of the select subcommittee, and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y. and Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., Pomerantz’s “scathing resignation letter was leaked to the New York Times, and he even penned a book taking Bragg to task for not being more aggressive in going after Trump. If Pomerantz couldn’t convince Bragg to bring charges in private, he would do it publicly.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg later charged Trump in April 2023.
Just the News asked Gaetz if he has seen evidence that Pomerantz pressured Bragg to charge Trump.
“The evidence is in Pomerantz’s book wherein he says he resigned in anger over the lack of charges against President Trump. We can presume from that he argued for them forcefully,” Gaetz said in response.
