Republicans May Take Legal Action to Enforce Subpoenas in Biden Impeachment Probe: Speaker

Published on December 12, 2023

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are prepared to take legal action against people who don’t comply with subpoenas issued as part of the impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden, the top GOP member in the lower chamber said on Dec. 12. “The House will likely need to go to court to enforce its subpoenas,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said. He made the declaration in an op-ed published the same day the House meets to mark up a resolution that would formalize the probe into President Biden. The investigation was opened by Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in September without formal approval. Mr. McCarthy was later ousted from the speaker position in a bipartisan vote....

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