How to Use subpoena in a Sentence

subpoena

1 of 2 noun
Definition of subpoenanext
Synonyms for subpoenanext
  • An exception would be made for any personnel names who were mentioned but not the subject of the subpoena and weren’t in the room.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2023
  • July 9 Supreme Court rules 7-2 that Trump must comply with subpoena and turn over tax records.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2023
  • That case made its way to the Supreme Court, which ruled that sitting presidents were not shielded from state subpoenas.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • In April 2023, Arencibia was served with a subpoena, which required him to testify in the case.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The committee could authorize the subpoenas after a vote as soon as next week.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2023
  • As Floyd turned back into his apartment, one of the agents reportedly tossed the subpoena toward the open door where it got stuck as Floyd closed it.
    — Chris Joyner, ajc, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Citi declined to comment on news of the subpoena, which was first reported by CNBC.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The justices last year denied Sen. Lindsey Graham's request to pause a subpoena from the grand jury.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution was the first to report the subpoenas.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • After a years-long fight, an ex-sheriff agrees to comply with subpoenas and testify on deputy gangs.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The Assembly passed the resolution for subpoena powers in a 9-3 vote.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Henceforth, the company will require a subpoena or a search warrant.
    — Stephen L. Carter, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • As the first statue came down, a likeness of Stonewall Jackson, Stoney stayed at an undisclosed location so opponents could not serve him with a subpoena that might stop the work.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • There are more subpoenas and witness interviews to come.
    — Brooke Singman, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • And with no subpoena power or congressional staff behind them, the book falls short of the authors’ ambitions.
    — Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Bragg's office issued a subpoena this May for the videotape and transcript of the deposition Trump gave in Carroll's civil case last fall.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2023
  • McAfee warned that Bradley, who appeared Thursday, may be in violation of his subpoena.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Hunter Biden's decision not to comply with the subpoena paves the way for Republicans to pursue proceedings to hold him in contempt of Congress.
    — Catherine Herridge, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • If Crow and Leo defy the subpoenas issued on Thursday, what comes next isn’t immediately clear.
    — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In May 2022, federal authorities sent Trump a subpoena to force the issue.
    — Rosalind S. Helderman, Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Josh Dawsey, Shane Harris, Ashley Parker, Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The subpoena list included members of law enforcement, people Paul was embroiled in a legal battle with, and banks that had lent him money.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The ordinance allows officers to refuse subpoenas, McClary has said.
    — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Navarro is the second Trump ally to be found guilty of defying a subpoena related to January 6.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The committee’s Democrats had scheduled a March 8 vote on issuing a subpoena, but it was called off after Schultz agreed to appear before the committee later this month.
    — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Judge Mehta bristled at the suggestion, noting that others in Mr. Trump’s orbit had complied with the House committee’s subpoenas.
    — Zach Montague, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Biden and his team turned documents over to authorities, while Trump withheld hundreds of classified records despite a subpoena instructing him to hand them over to the FBI.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The Oversight Committee's ranking member, Jamie Raskin, also attacked the subpoena in a statement.
    — Will Steakin, ABC News, 3 May 2023
  • Armed with more than 300 subpoenas and search warrants, investigators began to close in on Heuermann.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 16 July 2023
  • In many cases, tech firms don’t even demand a court order for the data: Apple, in fact, only demanded a subpoena for the data until December.
    — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Last month, rather than sit for a closed-door questioning in response to a subpoena, Biden addressed the press and vowed to only testify in an open hearing, to avoid selective leaks of his testimony.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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subpoena

2 of 2 verb
  • He was subpoenaed to testify in a hearing.
  • The prosecutor subpoenaed the defendant's financial records.
  • By the time the police subpoenaed the correct year, the records were no longer available.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • In an effort to prove her case, Chen subpoenaed Herridge and Fox News, with the hope of unmasking the source(s) for the stories.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 2 Aug. 2023
  • In an effort to prove her case, Chen subpoenaed Herridge and Fox News, with the hope of unmasking the reporting’s sources.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Both panels have the power to subpoena witnesses and records.
    — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2023
  • The servers still have access to user data and can be subpoenaed by governments or hacked.
    — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 6 July 2023
  • In a dramatic end to what might be its last public hearing, the Jan. 6 committee took the historic step to vote to subpoena Donald Trump.
    — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The biggest news, of course, was the committee’s vote to subpoena Mr. Trump for testimony and information at the end of the hearing.
    — WSJ, 17 Oct. 2022
  • But neither of the people whose phone calls and texts were subpoenaed were ever charged in a drug or burglary case, or any other criminal case.
    — Jerry Mitchell, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The headaches will only mount after the Republicans take control of the House in January and with it subpoena power.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The sharp exchange raised the prospect that if neither side backs down, House Republicans will likely proceed to subpoena Mr. Bragg.
    — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • At least one former lawmaker who’s been subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury hasn’t been told to show up yet.
    — Kate Brumback, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The hearings were presented like a TV show; the penultimate one even ended on a cliffhanger, when the committee voted to subpoena Trump.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2022
  • That view was bolstered by behind-the-scenes footage that prosecutors subpoenaed.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Ernst said the task force would have the authority to hold hearings, take testimony and issue subpoenas.
    — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
  • Things grew worse for Brooks in April 2022, when she was subpoenaed to testify before the special grand jury about the issues in her classroom, Wrobleski said in court.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Starting in late 2020, Elliott subpoenaed Bunevacz’ bank records and collected statements from dozens of victims.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2023
  • June 29: Hice is subpoenaed to appear before the special purpose grand jury.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • But Price, the sole commissioner to vote against subpoenaing the juvenile department records, said Moyé came to the right decision.
    — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Kohrs said last month that the panel wanted to subpoena Trump but ultimately chose not to because of limited time and the expectation that Trump would fight the summons in court.
    — Holly Bailey, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Another source close to the actress says her lawyers fought the release of the therapy notes, which had been subpoenaed by Depp’s attorneys during discovery.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Attorneys for Jocelyn Wade had subpoenaed Willis to be deposed in the divorce proceedings, which Willis fought.
    — Katrina Kaufman, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The Manhattan district begins to investigate if those payments broke state laws and subpoenas eight years of Trump’s tax returns.
    — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Comer released a 36-page memo on Wednesday, noting his committee had subpoenaed four banks and received thousands of records.
    — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 11 May 2023
  • Holding the majority gives them new powers to subpoena officials and others and to set the agenda for key committees.
    — Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Comer's committee subpoenaed the FBI to produce the document in May.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 7 June 2023
  • Winnick was never accused of wrongdoing but had been subpoenaed to testify in the case before it was settled.
    — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Encountering resistance, Bratt agreed for the time being to subpoena Trump.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Raskin is demanding Affinity Partners be subpoenaed for records that committee Democrats have been after for more than a year.
    — Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2023

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