IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 469 
Recommending that the House of Representatives find Mark F. Pomerantz 
in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with the terms of a 
lawful and valid congressional subpoena. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2023 
Mr. GAETZ submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Recommending that the House of Representatives find Mark 
F. Pomerantz in contempt of Congress for failing to 
comply with the terms of a lawful and valid congressional 
subpoena. 
Whereas Mark F. Pomerantz of New York did receive a duly 
issued subpoena of the United States House of Rep-
resentatives Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization 
of the Federal Government dated April 6, 2023; 
Whereas Mark F. Pomerantz did, after a frivolous legal chal-
lenge to said subpoena, appear and testify under compul-
sion before the select subcommittee; 
Whereas a Federal judge in a relevant court order of April 
19, 2023, explicitly stated: ‘‘Mr. Pomerantz must appear 
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for the congressional deposition. No one is above the 
law.’’; 
Whereas the judge in her court order further noted: 
‘‘Pomerantz is in this situation because he decided to in-
ject himself into the public debate by authoring a book 
that he has described as ‘appropriate and in the public 
interest’.’’; 
Whereas Mark F. Pomerantz did so testify under oath and 
with his counsel present on May 12, 2023; 
Whereas Mark F. Pomerantz did frivolously refuse to answer 
numerous questions of the select subcommittee, asserting 
his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to 
such questions as ‘‘Do you respect Alvin Bragg?’’; 
Whereas, subsequently, in response to a question of Rep-
resentative Stefanik of New York, ‘‘So there are no lies 
in [the book you wrote]? You stand fully behind this pub-
lication under your name?’’, Mark F. Pomerantz did 
reply ‘‘That’s correct’’; 
Whereas the Supreme Court, beginning with Escobedo v. Illi-
nois (378 U.S. 478 (1964)), has repeatedly held that an 
individual may ‘‘intelligently and knowingly waive his 
[Fifth Amendment] privilege against self-incrimination’’ 
by testifying about a matter; 
Whereas Mark F. Pomerantz, in the presence of his counsel 
and after having been apprised of his rights, and having 
had those rights respected by the select subcommittee 
members and staff, did waive his Fifth Amendment right 
against self-incrimination intelligently and knowingly 
when he asserted that the claims in his book were all 
true; 
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Whereas the constitutional validity of this waiver was made 
clear to Mark F. Pomerantz and his counsel by Rep-
resentative Issa of California, ‘‘The Fifth Amendment 
and it being waived or not waived is fairly clear. If you 
answer a question related to something, and you’ve an-
swered it, then a follow-up is based on the waive as to 
that.’’ and Representative Gaetz of Florida, ‘‘You’ve 
heard of subject matter waiver before, right?’’; 
Whereas Mark F. Pomerantz subsequently was cross-exam-
ined on the contents of his book by both Democratic and 
Republican staff and Members of Congress, and did 
falsely assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-in-
crimination to them well over 100 times, declining to an-
swer numerous questions about the content of his book; 
and 
Whereas Mark F. Pomerantz is on notice that failing to com-
ply with the terms of a lawful and valid congressional 
subpoena is a violation of Federal law: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives shall 
find Mark F. Pomerantz in contempt of Congress for fail-
ure to comply with the terms of a lawful and valid congres-
sional subpoena and shall order the Sergeant at Arms of 
the House of Representatives to summon him. 
Resolved, That the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall otherwise take all appropriate action to 
enforce the subpoena. 
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