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Ted Lieu: So Congress has the power to issue subpoenas. And if he is simply not going to show up in the Judiciary Committee, we…

On the recordMay 1, 2019
So Congress has the power to issue subpoenas. And if he is simply not going to show up in the Judiciary Committee, we will at some point issue a subpoena, and then we can enforce it.
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Ted Lieu
Democratic · California

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Ted Lieu discusses Congress's authority to issue subpoenas to compel Barr to testify before the Judiciary Committee.

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