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subpoena

[suh-pee-nuh, suhb-] / səˈpi nə, səb- /




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DHS meanwhile issued a subpoena for the same records.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

In May, the California Energy Commissions served Golden State Wind with a subpoena seeking information on the buyout.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Two federal judges in New York approved the subpoena requests, which had been filed a day earlier, according to court documents reviewed by AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

When Mathipa was assigned to the case a month later, he issued a subpoena to special forces to force them to hand over full details of this alleged training exercise and all the personnel involved.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

I handed the envelope to Grampa; he opened it and read the subpoena.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe

After receiving federal grand jury subpoenas in February, Delaware Life and Clear Spring Life and Annuity conducted internal investigations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Court filings show that representatives for the BBC's legal team attempted in May to serve subpoenas to the president's son Donald Trump Jr., his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The Wall Street Journal identified 10 people—nine Americans and one Canadian—who pushed back against DHS’s attempts to unmask them through the two types of subpoenas.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

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

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

In Stearns County in central Minnesota, HSI agents subpoenaed voting histories on 13 people, county officials told ProPublica.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Last month, JPMorgan was one of several banks subpoenaed by the Justice Department on the subject.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

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

Last year, the commission subpoenaed the Sheriff’s Department for unredacted records associated with each of the cases.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 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

Critics said profit had become more important than the supporter experience, with the attorneys general of New York and New Jersey subpoenaing Fifa to answer questions about its ticketing practices.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The Justice Department had just elevated the matter by subpoenaing Trump for the records, and Trump wanted her advice.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2024

If they believe there is a potential case to be made, they could also start subpoenaing bank records, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2024

“Recent events, however, have cast a chilling shadow over their pursuits. Law-enforcement agencies have resorted to clandestine tactics, subpoenaing emails and phone records in an effort to unmask confidential sources.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 28, 2023

The German had swung around toward the men behind him, as though he were subpoenaing them as witnesses.

From Captain Macklin by Richard Harding Davis




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