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TJ Cox: I rise simply to defend the late William French Smith, who cannot be here to defend himself. When the Attorney General…

On the recordSeptember 30, 1997
I rise simply to defend the late William French Smith, who cannot be here to defend himself. When the Attorney General of the United States determined that it was not appropriate to institute on behalf of the Congress of the United States enforcement proceedings for a congressional subpoena, he was doing something very different than what we are talking about here tonight. What we have before us is a subpoena that has been authorized by the United States District Court. No such authorization was given in the case of the Gorsuch subpoena. That was a subpoena issued by Congress without any court involvement.
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TJ Cox
California

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Defending the late William French Smith regarding congressional subpoenas.

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