Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:26 PM

Subpoena 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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5 replies	Author	Time	Post
Subpoena dysfunction (Original post)	Pantagruel	Feb 2021	OP
Ted Cruz a source of truth?	OAITW r.2.0	Feb 2021	#1
Ted Lieu, not Cruz	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#2
Whoa, total misread on my part.	OAITW r.2.0	Feb 2021	#4
Subpoenas can get served quickly	StarfishSaver	Feb 2021	#3
Lieu cited the McGahn subpoena	Pantagruel	Feb 2021	#5

Response to Pantagruel (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:32 PM

OAITW r.2.0 (17,899 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.

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Response to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:33 PM

StarfishSaver (18,486 posts)

2. Ted Lieu, not Cruz

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Response to StarfishSaver (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:36 PM

OAITW r.2.0 (17,899 posts)

4. Whoa, total misread on my part.

Need to understand this more deeply before I can comment.

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Response to Pantagruel (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2021, 08:35 PM

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.

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Response to StarfishSaver (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 15, 2021, 09:04 PM

Pantagruel (2,398 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?

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