Yeah, thats what I’m curious about. I don’t know how much of this is formality and how much codified procedure, but it seems fairly plausible that this letter could be reasonably considered a subpoena - or at least, non-compliance could be considered contempt of congress.
Isn’t that what a subpoena is? A letter from a duly authorized congressman or comittee directing production of information or testimony?
No subpoenas in Congress are by quorum so one name listed that isn’t ranking chair and with the proper verbiage is simply a scare tactic.
From Wikipedia:
So the question becomes is this Hawley or something the committee/subcommittee voted to send? It reads like Hawley to me, but IANAL.
Yeah, thats what I’m curious about. I don’t know how much of this is formality and how much codified procedure, but it seems fairly plausible that this letter could be reasonably considered a subpoena - or at least, non-compliance could be considered contempt of congress.