Subpoena dysfunction

[Pantagruel]

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?

[OAITW r.2.0]

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]

2. Ted Lieu, not Cruz

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Whoa, total misread on my part.

Need to understand this more deeply before I can comment.

[StarfishSaver]

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]

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?