Articles for Subpoena Power

The president ordered a board to probe a massive Russian cyberattack. It never did.
5 months, 2 weeks ago

The president ordered a board to probe a massive Russian cyberattack. It never did.

Raw Story  

This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. The intruders used malicious code and a flaw in a Microsoft product to steal intelligence from the National Nuclear Security Administration, National Institutes of Health and the Treasury Department in what Microsoft President Brad Smith called “the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen.” The …

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Maine lawmakers consider request to give subpoena power to committee investigating mass shooting
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Maine lawmakers consider request to give subpoena power to committee investigating mass shooting

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine legislative committee considered an emergency request on Monday to grant powers to a panel investigating last year’s Lewiston mass shooting that the state’s governor said are critical to unraveling how the killings unfolded. “How are they going to get any answers if they don’t have subpoena power.” Shooter Robert Card committed the killings on Oct. …

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Commission investigating Lewiston mass shooting seeks to subpoena shooter’s military records
1 year, 1 month ago

Commission investigating Lewiston mass shooting seeks to subpoena shooter’s military records

Associated Press  

AUGUSTA, Maine — An independent commission investigating the mass shooting that killed 18 people in Maine last month moved Monday to seek subpoena power so it can obtain the military service records of the shooter. “We will be seeking military records, and those might not be accessible to us without subpoena power,” said Toby Dilworth, a former assistant U.S. attorney …

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Commission investigating Maine mass shooting seeks to subpoena gunman’s military records
1 year, 1 month ago

Commission investigating Maine mass shooting seeks to subpoena gunman’s military records

LA Times  

Daniel Wathen and Paula Silsby, of an independent commission studying the mass shootings last month in Lewiston, Maine, hold the commission’s first meeting Monday in Augusta. An independent commission investigating the mass shooting that killed 18 people in Maine last month moved Monday to seek subpoena power so it can obtain the military service records of the shooter. “We will …

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Tennessee governor signs off on eliminating community boards with police oversight power
1 year, 7 months ago

Tennessee governor signs off on eliminating community boards with police oversight power

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on legislation that will gut Tennessee’s community oversight boards and instead replace those panels with review committees that have no power to investigate police misconduct allegations. Under the new law, which goes into effect July 1, community oversight boards will now be transformed into “police advisory and review committees,” which …

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Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks Dems over Jan. 6 in first appearance on Oversight Committee
1 year, 10 months ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks Dems over Jan. 6 in first appearance on Oversight Committee

Raw Story  

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made her first appearance as a member of the House Oversight Committee and complained about the investigation of the Jan. 6 attacks when Congress was under the control of Democrats. At the first Oversight Committee hearing of the new Congress, Greene responded to a Democratic amendment requiring a majority vote for the committee to issue subpoenas. …

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US Capitol riot: Nancy Pelosi to legislate for 9/11-style commission
3 years, 10 months ago

US Capitol riot: Nancy Pelosi to legislate for 9/11-style commission

Daily Mail  

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is forging ahead with legislation to create a probe of the MAGA riot modeled after the Sept. 11th commission within days – and it is likely to have subpoena power to probe the causes of the MAGA riot. Among the issues likely to be in its purview was a key piece of evidence introduced on the …

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