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NEWS ABOUT: subpoenas

subpoenas stories: 5 news summaries

Ousted Thain Subpoenaed
on Early Merrill Bonuses

NY attorney general also calls BoA exec in probe of banks and TARP funds

Jan 27, 09 12:53 PM CST
(Newser) - New York’s attorney general issued a subpoena today to force John Thain to testify about his acceleration of bonus payments for Merrill Lynch employees last month, the Financial Times reports. A subpoena was also issued to a Bank of America executive thought to have consulted with Thain—then Merrill’... More »

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Bank of America • Merrill Lynch • subpoenas • subpoena • acquisition • Andrew Cuomo • John Thain • financial crisis

Bush Could Block Probes Even After He Steps Down

Soon-to-be ex-prez has Truman, Nixon precedents for keeping executive privilege

Nov 13, 08 5:34 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush may be able to maintain his executive privilege to block investigations even after he leaves office, the New York Times reports. Harry Truman successfully claimed he had the right not to testify in 1953, nearly a year after he left office, and Richard Nixon later used Truman's case... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Congressional investigations • subpoenas • executive privilege • subpoena • US Constitution • George W. Bush

Top US Execs Victimized by Devious Phishing Scam

Virus, disguised as subpoena, thought to come from Singapore or China

Apr 16, 08 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - American executives are the latest targets of an incognito email virus that comes packaged as an authentic-looking subpoena demanding the corporate heads appear before a California grand jury. There have been several victims of the attack, the New York Times reports, which is thought to originated in Singapore or China—... More »

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subpoenas • scam • phishing • grand jury • passwords • executives • antivirus

Dems Threaten White House With Contempt

Last warning on mum aides in probe of
fired attorneys

Nov 6, 07 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Democrats have threatened a vote holding White House aides in contempt of Congress if they don't cooperate with an investigation into last year's firing of federal attorneys, the AP reports. A citation, approved this summer by a House judiciary committee, was filed yesterday. If approved by the entire House, a... More »

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Congress • White House • Harriet Miers • subpoenas • executive privilege • Josh Bolten • contempt of congress

Miers May Face Contempt

House panel finds former attorney to Bush was out of order in stiffing subpoena

Jul 12, 07 5:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a 7-5 vote, a House panel found that former White House counsel Harriet Miers was out of order when she rebuffed a subpoena calling for her to testify about her involvement in the US attorney firings last year. Miers declined to appear before the Judiciary Committee  under orders from... More »

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Democratic Congress • Attorney General • US attorneys scandal • Harriet Miers • subpoenas • executive privilege

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