Tag: House subpoena

House Democrats request appeal asking court to enforce subpoena for former Trump White House counsel Donald McGahn

Washington Post logoHouse Democrats asked a federal appeals court in Washington on Friday to reconsider enforcing a congressional subpoena for President Trump’s former White House counsel Donald McGahn.

The request comes after a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found that the courts have no authority to resolve the separation-of-powers dispute between the White House and Democrats in Congress.

Lawyers for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) want a full complement of judges on the appeals court to overturn the ruling from a three-judge panel of the same court. If last week’s ruling stands, it means McGahn can defy the subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee.

Appeals court rules Deutsche Bank must turn over Trump financial records to House

The Hill logoDeutsche Bank and Capital One must comply with a House subpoena seeking a broad range of financial documents related to President Trumpand his businesses, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

A three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled 2-1in favor of ordering “prompt compliance” with the subpoenas from the House Financial Services and Intelligence committees.

“The public interest in vindicating the Committees’ constitutional authority is clear and substantial,” the judges wrote in the decision.

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Judge temporarily stays McGahn subpoena

The Hill logoA federal district judge on Wednesday issued a temporary stay of her order that former White House counsel Don McGahn comply with House Democrats’ subpoena for testimony.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, an Obama appointee on the district court in D.C., granted McGahn’s request for a temporary stay while she deliberates on whether to issue a lengthier one to allow him to appeal her decision.

The House Judiciary Committee, which had asked the court to enforce its subpoena for President Trump‘s former legal adviser, said it would not oppose a temporary stay.

View the complete November 27 article by Harper Neidig on The Hill website here.

First Republican calls for Rick Perry to answer House subpoena

Senior House Democrats say they won’t let up on their demands for documents and testimony from outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry in the wake of his resignation announcement — and at least one Republican agrees with them.

Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) called on Perry Friday to comply with a House subpoena and cooperate with the impeachment inquiry into the Trump administration’s actions in Ukraine. The secretary faces a Friday deadline to comply with the subpoena but has not said what he plans to do.

“Everybody that can bring any information to the table ought to testify, so that some huge mistake is not inadvertently made,” Rooney told POLITICO. “I’d like to see any evidence that needs to be adduced brought up and made available to people.”

View the complete October 18 article by Anthony Adragna on the Politico website here.