Whereas Mark F. Pomerantz of New York did receive a duly issued subpoena of the United States House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government dated April 6, 2023; Whereas Mark F. Pomerantz did, after a frivolous legal challenge to said subpoena, appear and testify under compulsion before the select subcommittee; Whereas a Federal judge in a relevant court order of April 19, 2023, explicitly stated: Mr. Pomerantz must appear 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 inject 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 Representative Stefanik of New York, So there are no lies in [the book you wrote]? You stand fully behind this publication under your name? , Mark F. Pomerantz did reply That’s correct ; Whereas the Supreme Court, beginning with Escobedo v. Illinois (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