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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSubpoena dysfunction
Ted Lieu just said one of the reasons "no witnesses called" was because subpoenas were getting stifled in the courts. My question is why all of a sudden Congress can't get subpoenas effectively served? Why the sudden impotence of the process?
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Subpoena dysfunction (Original Post)
Pantagruel
Feb 2021
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OAITW r.2.0
(24,468 posts)1. Ted Cruz a source of truth?
News to me. But watch how the 1/6/21 Insurrection Inquiry evolves. It's all about the evidence gathering and connecting the dots.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)2. Ted Lieu, not Cruz
OAITW r.2.0
(24,468 posts)4. Whoa, total misread on my part.
Need to understand this more deeply before I can comment.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)3. Subpoenas can get served quickly
But the witnesses can object and stall, and tie up the matter in court, sometimes for years, as happened throughout 2018 and 2019.
Subpoenaing witnesses does not mean witnesses will show up that day, or the next or even the next week or month, to testify.
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)5. Lieu cited the McGahn subpoena
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re:_Don_McGahn
As counsel to POTUS, I get the issues but what about the rest of the world?
As counsel to POTUS, I get the issues but what about the rest of the world?