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subpoena

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




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On the other, law enforcement can also request AI conversations, courts can subpoena AI chat logs and chatbots can provide inaccurate information while also flattering people, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

It was not only a confession but a road map, with the email addresses and phone numbers of people Kao thought agents ought to subpoena.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Black - who had business ties to Epstein - did not comply with a subpoena ordering him to appear before the House Oversight Committee earlier this month and share documents related to Epstein.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

DHS meanwhile issued a subpoena for the same records.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

One handed him a subpoena, ordering him to show up in court the next morning.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito said subpoenas have been served and “nobody will be getting a free pass because their name is carved into an expensive building.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

But the testimony resurfaced as the basis of an investigation opened by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, when her office sent two subpoenas to the Fed in January.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Hospitals and patients have successfully challenged a number of the subpoenas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

We’ve heard nothing about access and audit-log analysis, government computer and phone forensics, or efforts to obtain third-party communications — which can involve subpoenas, court orders or warrants.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

He sued ten defendants in all, and several of the Hopkins employees involved had never heard of Cofield or Henrietta Lacks before their subpoenas arrived.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

The current probe burst into public view after June filings by Delaware Life and Clear Spring revealed the companies had been subpoenaed by federal authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 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

You subpoenaed documents and took depositions and pored over court records until you had put together a detailed and precise accounting of each stage in the deadly quarrel.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

Mr. Chidi, in an interview, said he was concerned about prosecutors making “a habit” of subpoenaing reporters.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 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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