subpoena
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I refused a subpoena to appear before a grand jury to discuss the source of a leak of national-security information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Now, standing on the landing outside his door, the agents served him a subpoena demanding he testify before a federal grand jury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
She scheduled a July 8 date to hear additional evidence before she decides on whether to grant a preliminary injunction, blocking the subpoena through the end of the litigation.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
The subpoena requests documents and sworn testimony covering pharmacy contracts, reimbursement rates, “differential treatment of own versus independent stores,” and the company’s expansion plans, according to a press release.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The FBI also delivered a subpoena to Lynda Sinay’s door.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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At the end of July, the Justice Department withdrew subpoenas issued to New York Times journalists who had written articles about the security of Trump's presidential aircraft.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Then the administration filed a flurry of subpoenas against them.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
The insurance firms have said they reviewed their records after receiving subpoenas and found errors in how transactions were presented.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The subpoenas were issued after a Times report that the Qatari-gifted Air Force One lacked certain security countermeasures, including anti-missile defenses.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Though the subpoenas had finally stopped coming, Deborah didn’t believe the lawsuit was truly over.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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Paul, who chairs the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, had subpoenaed the now-retired Fauci to testify, and prior to the hearing released thousands of pages of the immunologist's unredacted personal diary.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The UAW hasn’t been subpoenaed in the matter, a union spokesman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Attorney’s Office in D.C. subpoenaed JPMorgan, Bank of America and others as part of a probe into alleged debanking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Cipriani’s lawyer subpoenaed entertainment and sports executive Ari Emanuel to get testimony to advance the beef.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
But when I spoke with Doug Jones, the attorney for the prosecution and a friend of mine, I discovered that Bobby Cherrys attorney had subpoenaed me to testify as a witness for the defense\ “What?”
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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The Justice Department had just elevated the matter by subpoenaing Trump for the records, and Trump wanted her advice.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2024
Then they got over 100,000 pages more after subpoenaing federal prosecutors themselves in January.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
The rest of the material the panel obtained—often by subpoenaing agencies and individuals—was expected to enter the National Archives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
Along the way, the committee took the unprecedented step of subpoenaing five sitting members of Congress including the House Republican leader.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
The German had swung around toward the men behind him, as though he were subpoenaing them as witnesses.
From Captain Macklin by Davis, Richard Harding
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