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:*Using the House Oversight Committee as the example (because that’s the one most cited and all of the letters are formatted identically), look at the language:

:*Using the House Oversight Committee as the example (because that’s the one most cited and all of the letters are formatted identically), look at the language:

::*the phrase '''''“sent a letter conveying a subpoena“'''''

::*the phrase '''''“sent a letter conveying a subpoena“'''''

::*That statement is not the same as ‘sent a subpoena’; the term “subpoena” literally means “under penalty“.  A ''subpoena duces tecu'', requires you to produce documents.  In this example a congressional subpoena literally, and only, means: a request for the production of documents with a penalty for non-compliance.

::*That statement is not the same as ‘sent a subpoena’; the term “subpoena” literally means “under penalty“.  A ''subpoena duces tecu'', requires you to produce documents.  In this example a congressional subpoena literally, and only, means: a request for the production of documents with a penalty for non-compliance.  

 

:*Pelosi does not want to engage the [[judicial branch]], nor does she want to give the target (President Trump) the opportunity to engage the judicial branch, ie. court.  The judiciary would likely upend her House committee “official impeachment inquiry” scheme, just as D.C. District Court Chief Judge [[Beryl Howell]] recently did to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler for “gaming the system“.  Speaker Pelosi’s unilateral decree for an “official impeachment inquiry” without a House vote will not pass court review.

 

:*Pelosi does not want to engage the [[judicial branch]], nor does she want to give the target (President Trump) the opportunity to engage the judicial branch, ie. court.  The judiciary would likely upend her House committee “official impeachment inquiry” scheme, just as D.C. District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell recently did to Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler for “gaming the system“.  Speaker Pelosi’s unilateral decree for an “official impeachment inquiry” without a House vote will not pass court review.

:*these are political subpoenas, demand letters as weapons;  constructed for optimal political value, and framed to create obstruction articles of impeachment.

:*these are political subpoenas, demand letters as weapons;  constructed for optimal political value, and framed to create obstruction articles of impeachment.

:*'''This is a carefully constructed [[subversion]] of the constitutional processes and procedures.'''

:*'''This is a carefully constructed [[subversion]] of the constitutional processes and procedures.'''