A subpoena is a formal written order that requires a person to appear before a court or other legal proceedings (such as a Congressional hearing). The order is a demand to testify or produce documentation. Key Takeaways A subpoena is a formal written order that requires a person to appear ...
A subpoena is a court order for someone to appear at a trial, often as a witness. If a person ignores a subpoena, then they can be...
A subpoena is a court order for someone to appear at a trial, often as a witness. If a person ignores a subpoena, then they can be...
The Navarro pick comes just months after he was released from a four-month prison sentence after being convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress. Navarro refused to comply with a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. As...
If the full House or Senate, or two-thirds of a congressional committee, vote to issue a subpoena to a witness who refuses to testify, a federal court will order that person to appear and answer questions -- and the answers cannot be used against them in any criminal proceeding. The Ju...
The DOJ has discretion over whether it chooses to prosecute after receiving a criminal contempt referral. Civil Enforcement: Congress has the power to seek a civil judgment in federal court declaring that the contemnor is legally obligated to comply with the congressional subpoena. It’s possible ...
Long served as the representative for Missouri’s 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2023 and ran for the Senate to succeed Roy Blunt in 2022, but lost the primary to current Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt. Trump said in his post that Long has worked as a tax adviser since leaving Congr...
power of congressional subpoenas always looms in the background. Committee chairpersons can launch these inquiries largely on their own, and committees serve as both prosecutor and judge for most of the process. There is no judicial review available to challenge a congressional investigation until...
The committee is asking Trump to provide any photos and video "relating in any way" to his own Jan. 6 rally, the joint session or the violence at the Capitol. The Jan. 6 committee has distinguished itself from other congressional investigations with extensive multimedia presentations and its us...
The former FTX CEO missed a Thursday 5:00 pm ET on Dec. 8 deadline for responding to a Senate Banking Committee request that he testify at the Committee meeting on Dec. 14. This has set up the possibility of a congressional subpoena. ...