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By Luc Cohen<\/p>\n

(Reuters) -Mark Pomerantz, the former prosecutor who once led the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal inquiry into former U.S. President Donald Trump, on Thursday won a delay to his deposition before a Republican-led congressional committee, court records showed.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil on Wednesday denied Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s request to block a subpoena to Pomerantz from Jim Jordan, who chairs the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n

Bragg and Pomerantz appealed that ruling. The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday granted a temporary delay to Pomerantz’s deposition to allow a three-judge panel to consider the case. Pomerantz’s closed-door deposition had been scheduled for 10 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) before the Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n

The appeals court said its order “reflects no judgment regarding the merits of the parties’ respective positions.” It gave Jordan a Friday afternoon deadline to respond, with replies by Bragg and Pomerantz due Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Bragg, a Democrat who got Trump indicted by a grand jury – the first criminal charges against a former president – argues that Jordan’s subpoena of Pomerantz was part of an effort to interfere in a local prosecution and “intimidate” the district attorney’s office in retaliation for its charges against Trump.<\/p>\n

Trump, the Republican front-runner in the 2024 presidential campaign, pleaded not guilty on April 4 to 34 felony charges over a hush money payment made before the 2016 election to porn star Stormy Daniels to prevent her from discussing a sexual encounter she said they had. He denies that the liaison took place.<\/p>\n

Jordan has countered that the committee needs Pomerantz’s testimony to weigh legislation restricting what he called “politically motivated prosecutions” of presidents.<\/p>\n

Spokespeople for the Judiciary Committee did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Diane Craft, Mark Heinrich, Chizu Nomiyama and Mark Porter)<\/p>\n

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