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House Republicans are attempting to have one final hurrah before they give up their majority control of House committees in January. At issue is that Comey wants to testify in public so that Republicans can't selectively release bits of his statements out of context for further political screwery.
Comey has vowed to fight the subpoena, saying, “While the authority for Congressional subpoenas is broad, it does not cover the right to misuse closed hearings as a political stunt to promote political as opposed to legislative agendas.”
Under normal circumstances he would eventually lose such a struggle. However, seeing as Republicans waited til after midterms to issue their subpoenas, Comey will most likely be able to run out the clock until Democrats take over. At that point, if he still wants to testify, he can have his way and do so publicly.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/22/house-republicans-subpoena-comey-lynch-1012551
Comey has vowed to fight the subpoena, saying, “While the authority for Congressional subpoenas is broad, it does not cover the right to misuse closed hearings as a political stunt to promote political as opposed to legislative agendas.”
Under normal circumstances he would eventually lose such a struggle. However, seeing as Republicans waited til after midterms to issue their subpoenas, Comey will most likely be able to run out the clock until Democrats take over. At that point, if he still wants to testify, he can have his way and do so publicly.
House Republicans served up some subpoenas with their Thanksgiving turkey this week, issuing last-minute demands for former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch to appear for closed-door testimony on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4, respectively.
The subpoenas, issued Wednesday but revealed publicly Thanksgiving morning, completed the threats issued by GOP committee chairman Bob Goodlatte earlier in the week.
Comey had rejected an earlier invitation from the committee to testify privately and instead asked for a public hearing. Democrats say they prefer the hearing to be public as well.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/22/house-republicans-subpoena-comey-lynch-1012551