Latest Subpoenas News

Judge weighs whether to order Fani Willis to comply with lawmakers' subpoenas over Trump case

Dec. 03, 2024 19:20 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is weighing whether a Georgia state Senate committee has the right to subpoena testimony and documents from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as it looks into whether she has engaged in misconduct during her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump. ...

The key moments as a Texas man faces execution in a shaken baby syndrome case

Nov. 15, 2024 17:38 PM EST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas Supreme Court ruling has again cleared the way for the execution of Robert Roberson, who would become the first person in the U.S. to be put to death over a murder conviction tied to a case of shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis that some medical experts have...

Texas high court says execution in 'shaken baby syndrome' case can't be halted by lawmaker subpoena

Nov. 15, 2024 14:18 PM EST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot stop an execution after Republican and Democratic lawmakers who say Robert Roberson is innocent used the novel maneuver to pause his execution at the last minute. The ruling clears the...

Texas Supreme Court rules lawmakers can't stop executions after their last-minute subpoena spared Robert Roberson

Nov. 15, 2024 11:03 AM EST
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Supreme Court rules lawmakers can't stop executions after their last-minute subpoena spared Robert Roberson.

Trump ally Steve Bannon blasts 'lawfare' as he faces New York trial after federal prison stint

Nov. 12, 2024 18:35 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — After spending four months in federal prison for snubbing a congressional subpoena, conservative strategist Steve Bannon had a message Tuesday for prosecutors in cases against him and President-elect Donald Trump. “You wait. The hunted are about to become the...

Steve Bannon spends his first day out of prison on the airwaves stumping for Trump

Oct. 29, 2024 17:40 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from federal prison early Tuesday and immediately resumed his full-throated support for the former president, urging Republicans to turn out in large numbers next week to defeat Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. ...

Judicial panel recommends suspending Montana’s AG from practicing law for 90 days

Oct. 24, 2024 20:32 PM EDT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A state judicial panel is recommending that Montana’s Republican attorney general be suspended from practicing law for 90 days for openly defying court orders and repeatedly attacking the integrity of justices in his defense of a law permitting the state’s Republican...

Texas man whose execution was halted doesn't appear at state Capitol after subpoena

Oct. 21, 2024 21:58 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man whose execution was halted and then called to testify at the state Capitol did not show up Monday over growing pushback from state leaders who have blasted lawmakers' last-ditch tactics to subpoena Robert Roberson and spare his life for now. His...

Texas' junk science law is getting another look over Robert Roberson's case

Oct. 20, 2024 17:44 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Robert Roberson's execution was abruptly halted in Texas, it was due to a subpoena ordering him to testify over a legal backstop that both Republicans and Democrats say should had saved him long ago: Texas’ junk science law. The 2013 law allows a person...

Texas was about to execute Robert Roberson. Then a last-ditch tactic bought him more time

Oct. 18, 2024 18:20 PM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Robert Roberson, set to be the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, was nearly out of options to stop his execution in Texas. A state parole board, multiple lower courts and the U.S. Supreme...