Word: subpoenae
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...uphold the law. Whether two-thirds of the Senate would vote to convict him cannot be certain. But even if he were to be acquitted, the process would leave him and the country devastated. Events have achieved an alarming momentum; additional facts that would be brought out under subpoena power at an impeachment trial could strike in many unforeseen and dangerous directions...
...meeting Chairman Peter Rodino, a Democrat, sought the committee's authority to let him personally subpoena documents and information leading up to a presidential impeachment proceeding. That authority carries less power than it might imply, since the committee cannot subpoena evidence for an actual impeachment hearing; the full House membership must vote the committee such powers at a later date...
...final act in the drama took place the next day in Baltimore's gray stone U.S. Court House. The session ostensibly was to hear arguments in Agnew's efforts to subpoena both news representatives and Justice Department officials about leaks in his case. But there had been a change in the agenda, signaled by the presence of a task force of U.S. marshals in and around the building...
...result was 60 tape-recorded hours of Galley's own words about truth, military honor and My Lai, a virtual confession that resulted in a controversial magazine article, a book and even a subpoena, when the Army tried to get hold of the tapes...
...prosecutors have conducted, as Agnew says, a "deliberate campaign" of leaks, it constitutes a serious breach of their duty as officers of the court. In that context, the judge's grant of broad subpoena powers can be seen as giving Agnew the fairest chance of gathering evidence to support his contention...