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Like most prog prosecutors, there’s no reason to think that DA Alvin Bragg is any good in the courtroom. Some prog prosecutors are dedicated fanatics, but genuinely good prosecutors tend to be more interested in doing things than in not doing them. And Bragg has always struck me as lazy, inept and half-assed.
His office’s feeble attempts to battle against a House GOP subpoena in front of a federal judge make that case.
The subpoena was aimed at Pomerantz, who had worked for the DA’s office in going after Trump. Pomerantz vocally resigned and blasted Bragg for not going after Trump. And he wrote a book about it. Bragg’s office then decided to claim that Pomerantz couldn’t be subpoenaed by Congress because he has privileged information despite already writing a book about the case.
The DA’s office insists that the DA’s privilege wasn’t Pomerantz’s to waive.
Bragg’s general counsel Leslie Dubeck addressed the waiver question in separate questioning, which was equally incisive.
“Have you read this book?” Vyskocil, who had a copy of the tome, asked.
“Yes,” Dubeck acknowledged.
“Does it preserve your confidences?” the judge needled.
Dubeck acknowledged that Pomerantz did not and said he opened himself to criminal and civil liability. The judge then pointedly asked whether the DA’s office took any actions to block the distribution of the book. Her ruling hammers that point further.
“Bragg cannot seriously claim that any information already published in Pomerantz’s book and discussed on prime-time television in front of millions of people is protected.
The judge here is a Trump appointee and sympathetic to him, but she made a point of asking tough questions of both sides. Both sides had fairly weak arguments. There are no real legal grounds for a House subpoena over a local investigation, but there are even fewer legal grounds for trying to block one. And Bragg’s people were just not prepared. Facing a hostile judge is something any decent DA’s office has to be able to manage. And while Bragg will enjoy a friendlier judge in the actual Trump case, this doesn’t bode well for his competence.
This is not the A-Team. It’s not even the B-Team. It’s the D-Team. Bragg isn’t really for a big case.
Bragg better be magistrate shopping with better focus.
He needs a judge that handcuffs the defense while the prosecution launches upper cuts to the testiculars. You know, the Left’s version of a fair fight.
The fact that this “novel” case is going to trial at all suggests that bragg found one.
He’s so fat, it’s hard to believe he has the energy to do much.
I was reading recently Baden-Powell on an evil African King that he deposed. The King was so fat he could hardly walk, had to be carried around by a bevy of servants/slaves. It seemed to be a status symbol for African Kings to be fat, to distinguish themselves from the starving peasants and slaves.
I hate Braggart’s fat face. Every time I see him on TV I want to smash it.
The African Chieftan? Was it the guy from Sir Richard Francis Burton’s book about his trip to discover the source of the Nile? I don’t remember his name but I remember he was arrogant and strutted around and looked ridiculous. He tried to imitate a lion but he just looked like a retard.
I know you wrote Baden Powell but you have probably read Burton’s books. You seem to be very well read.
I do remember reading Burton in ages past (including the Kama Sutra) but I can’t even remember which decade it was. So I found a good deal online on his collected works (1500 pages). Looks beautifully written and put together, and covers some of my interests. Thanks Jeff!
No problem, Buddy! You should come visit me in San Jose. There’s a vegetarian restaurant near my place. It’s really good. Asian food, which is yummy, in my opinion.
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No fact, just Bragg.
This guy Bragg is nothing more than a fat, racist loser trying to make a name for himself! I’m sick and tired of the “get Trump” ideology from the three black judges trying to destroy him! To me, it’s racially and politically motivated! There are more than 70 million who voted for Trump in the 2020 election who need to “speak up” and embarrass these fools!
Just another democrat circus!
Maybe the clue is in the name?
Conservative judges generally will try to be even-handed and not half-assed. Too bad for them their benefactors aren’t always likewise inclined anymore.