SUING JIM JORDAN.
THANKS VERY MUCH, DAVID.
WITH THAT, WE BRING IN JOHN
KENNEDY OF LOUISIANA.
HE ALSO SITS ON THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THIS
NEWS?
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT?
>> OF THE ISSUE WHETHER
MR. BRAGG SHOULD BE CALLED
BEFORE CONGRESS, I HAVE -- I’VE
WATCHED MR. BRAGG.
IT’S CLEAR THAT HE’S NOT EXACTLY
OLIVER WENDELL SCALIA.
MY GUESS IS HE’S SCARED TO COME
BEFORE CONGRESS.
I WATCHED MR. BRAGG’S PRESS
CONFERENCE AFTER HE ANNOUNCED
HIS INDICTMENT.
HE WAS NOT IMPRESSIVE.
I HAVE READ HIS INDICTMENT.
LEGAL SCHOLARS MUCH MORE
QUALIFIED THAN I HAVE HAVE
CRITICIZED IT AS BEING AN
INFERIOR DOCUMENT.
I READ IT.
LOOKED TO ME LIKE AS A LEGAL
PRODUCT, SOMEONE KNOCKED OVER A
URINE SAMPLE.
MY GUESS IS MR. BRAGG WILL NOT
TRY THIS LAWSUIT HIMSELF.
A GOOD CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY
BASED ON WHAT I’VE SEEN SUBPAR
WILL TAKE HIS HEAD OFF.
HE DOESN’T WANT TO BE NAKED AND
ALONE, NOT LITERALLY BUT
FIGURATIVELY IN FRONT OF A
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE HAVING
TO ANSWER TOUGH QUESTIONS.
THAT’S MY ASSESSMENT.
>> Martha: YEAH, JUST ON THE
LEGAL GROUNDS OF WHETHER OR NOT
BRAGG -- WHETHER OR NOT JORDAN
AND HIS COMMITTEE CAN COMPEL THE
MANHATTAN D.A. OR SOMEONE WHO
USED TO WORK FOR HIM, MARK
POMERANZ TO COME DOWN AND BE
SUBPOENAED ABOUT THIS CASE, YOU
KNOW, BRAG IS SAYING THAT IS
INTERFERENCE.
THAT IS -- NOT THAT THEY DON’T
HAVE THE JURISDICTION TO DO
THAT, IT’S INTERFERENCE, THE
CASE HERE IN NEW YORK.
JUST BASIC LEGAL GROUNDS.
DO YOU AGREE WITH WHAT HE’S
SAYING OR NOT?
>> I DON’T KNOW.
I NEED TO READ THE PLEADINGS.
CONGRESS HAS PRETTY WIDE
JURISDICTION.
I AM SYMPATHETIC TO THE
SEPARATION OF POWERS ARGUMENT.
BUT I GUESS THE POINT I’M TRYING
TO MAKE IN MY OPINION, SOME MAY
DISAGREE, MR. BRAGG’S PRIMARY
MOTIVATION IS, HE’S WORRIED THAT
HE CAN’T HANDLE HIMSELF IN FRONT
OF TOUGH QUESTIONING FROM OTHER
LAWYERS IN THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS.
I MEAN, I’VE WATCHED HIM
PERFORMANCE.
MR. SOROS DID NOT PICK HIM AS
HIS PREFERRED D.A. CANDIDATE
BECAUSE OF HIS LEGAL ACUMEN IN
MY OPINION.
HE WAS PICKED BECAUSE OF HIS
ACTIVISM.
>> Martha: WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
THAT PART OF HIS STORY, OF ALVIN
BRAGG’S STORY, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT STRIKES A LOT OF
NEW YORKERS WHEN THEY WATCH
THIS, THEY CAME UP WITH A
50-PAGE SUIT AGAINST JIM JORDAN
WHEN THE YOU WATCH CRIME RISE
DOUBLE DIGITS HERE IN NEW YORK
CITY.
IN TERMS OF WHAT HIS MANDATE IS
AS A D.A. IN THIS STAY AND WE
SEE SIMILAR SITUATIONS IN CITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SHOULD THIS
BE THE PRIORITY, SENATOR?
>> IN MY OPINION, NO.
MR. BRAGG IS A POLITICIAN FIRST.
HE’S NOT AN IMPARTIAL MEMBER OF
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
HE’S DEMONSTRATED THAT.
HE’S IGNORED THE RULE OF LAW IN
TERMS OF PROSECUTING PEOPLE THAT
BREAK THE LAW IN NEW YORK.
EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE
ALLEGATIONS ABOUT MR. TRUMP, I
THINK MR. BRAGG BELIEVES THAT
COPS ARE A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN
CRIMINALS.
I THINK MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, IS