Subpoenas Mark First Concrete Steps for Trump Impeachment

ZEKE MILLER, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO / The Associated Press Sep 27, 2019 House Democrats ask Mike Pompeo and others in State Department to appear and turn over documents; Speaker Pelosi sets no deadline on probe. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Impeachment Is Designed for Presidents Like Trump

Bill Blum / Truthdig Aug 6, 2019 Trump is an established racist and fascist. House Democrats have a responsibility to act, regardless of how the Senate responds. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Chelsea Manning Freed in WikiLeaks Case, but for How Long?

MATTHEW BARAKAT / The Associated Press May 9, 2019 She refused to answer questions from a grand jury, whose term has ended, and she will stand firm under a new subpoena, her lawyers say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

House Escalates Trump Inquiry With Subpoena for Full Mueller Report

LISA MASCARO / The Associated Press Apr 19, 2019 Top committee chairman says the special counsel left to Congress the question of whether the president obstructed justice. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Whitaker Committee Testimony Uncertain Amid Subpoena Threat

MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER / The Associated Press Feb 6, 2019 It is unclear whether and under what conditions the Acting Attorney General would appear Friday before the House Judiciary Committee. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Government Is After Your Tweets

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 3, 2012 The release of Twitter’s first “Transparency Report” comes with the revelation that the microblogging site has received more government requests pertaining to its users’ accounts in the first half of 2012 than in the entirety of 2011. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Twitter Fights the Man

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2011 When the Justice Department hit Twitter with a court order demanding the private data of certain users associated with WikiLeaks, the G-men might have expected that the social networking site would wilt like the half-dozen easily bullied companies that have cut off the whistle-blower, but Twitter, in the words of Wired's Ryan Singel, "beta-tested a spine." (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Twitter Subpoenaed Over WikiLeaks

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2011 New drama over WikiLeaks has come to light. The U.S. government has subpoenaed Twitter to secretly hand over details of five accounts on its site thought to be related to leaked classified information, suggesting a wide-ranging trawl for other evidence online. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Annoyer in Chief

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Oct 27, 2010 The election is less than a week away. Democratic control of the House is in jeopardy. So it's not too soon to start worrying about Darrell Issa. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Blagojevich Wants to Subpoena Obama

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2010 So, having been fired earlier this month by Donald Trump for failing to execute a Harry Potter-themed task to Trump's standards on "Celebrity Apprentice," former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is back to the far less glamorous work of slogging through his own corruption trial. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rove, Miers to Testify at Last

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2009 Rep. John Conyers has not stopped investigating the U.S. attorneys scandal and he's finally gotten former Bush aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers to agree to testify. The two advisers previously ignored subpoenas to appear before Congress, citing executive privilege. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New York’s A.G. Subpoenas Bank Execs Over Bonuses

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2009 New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sent out subpoenas to Bank of America's Chief Administrative Officer J. Steele Alphin and recently ousted Merrill Lynch Chief Executive John Thain on Tuesday to look into hefty bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch higher-ups late last year -- even as the company was bleeding billions in losses. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )