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Brian Jones: Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. I send a question to the desk. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. Senator Jones' question is…

On the recordJanuary 30, 2020
Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice. I send a question to the desk. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. Senator Jones' question is for the House managers: Aside from the House's Constitutional impeachment authority, please identify specifically which provision or provisions, if any, in the House rules or a House Resolution authorized the subpoenas issued by the House Committees prior to the passage of House Resolution 660. In addition, please list the subpoenas that were issued after House Resolution 660. Mr. Manager SCHIFF. Senator, we will compile the list. We don't have it accessible at the moment. Oh, we do have it. Specifically, the subpoenas that went out after the passage of the House resolution were the subpoena to John Eisenberg and the subpoenas to Brian McCormack, Robert Blair, Michael Ellis, Preston Wells Griffith, and Mick Mulvaney. Let me underscore something that my colleague Manager Lofgren had to say, and let me break this down, if I can, in very practical terms. What is the practical import of what counsel for the President would argue? It is this: Let's say that a Democrat is elected in November, and let's say that any one of you who chairs a committee in the Senate determines that you think that the next President is engaged in something questionable, maybe even in some wrongdoing, and you begin an investigation.…
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Jan 30, 2020

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