Tag: Subpoenas

House Oversight panel subpoenas Secret Service director to testify on Trump assassination attempt

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday to the Secret Service director compelling her to appear before the committee on Monday for what is scheduled to be the first congressional hearing into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. And even before the first hearing Republican calls for Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign intensified Wednesday with top Republican leaders from both the House and the Senate saying she should step down. The director has said she has no intention…

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White House denounces ‘irresponsible’ House GOP subpoenas, says they should be withdrawn

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The White House is firing back on a recent slate of subpoenas issued by House Republicans targeting members of President Joe Biden’s family and his inner circle of aides, describing the GOP’s impeachment push as an illegitimate endeavor that has repeatedly failed to produce proof of wrongdoing. The Washington Times stories: White House

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4 Takeaways as House Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Trump

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The House committee investigating the Capitol riot of  January 2021 voted unanimously Thursday to subpoena former President Donald Trump.  The panel’s nine members sought to make a case that Trump knew he lost the 2020 election and planned before the election to claim that he really won.  Less than a month before the Nov. 8 midterm elections, the seven Democrats and two Republicans (all appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.) held what they called a “business meeting” as opposed to a hearing.  Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., suggested that the…

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