Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, left, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, right.
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, left, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, right.
  • A federal judge in Manhattan handed Trump's NY prosecutors their first legal setback Wednesday.
  • DA Alvin Bragg had sought to quash the first subpoena in a GOP inquiry into the hush-money prosecution.
  • Ex-prosecutor Mark Pomerantz must now testify before the House Judiciary Committee as early as Thursday. 

In a blow to Donald Trump's Manhattan prosecutors, a federal judge on Wednesday green-lit the first subpoena in a House Republican inquiry into the hush-money case.

Lawyers for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg had hoped the judge would quash the subpoena, which now requires former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz to testify before the GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee as early as Thursday morning.