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The article discusses a court case of Payne v. District of Columbia wherein the district official filed an action against the district and the chief financial officer related to the violation of the U.S. Fifth Amendment liberty and wrongful termination against the public policy. The district filed for protective order and the motion to quash the subpoenas. The district court of the U.S. denied defendants motions for protective order and to quash the subpoenas.

The House committee investigating the Capitol riot has given former Trump campaign aide Kimberly Guilfoyle 12 days to appear for a deposition on her actions on the day of the riot. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Two advisors of Donald Trump Jr. were also subpoenaed Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump's presidential diaries, call logs and other records must be given to a U.S. House panel investigating the Capitol riot, a federal judge ruled, rejecting the former president's latest request to block their release pending his appeal. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday denied Trump's request that she put on hold an order she issued Tuesday night releasing the documents while the appeals court in Washington weighs the dispute. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed six campaign aides and supporters of former President Donald Trump, including former National Security adviser Michael Flynn and former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik. Former White House aide Bill Stepien, spokesman Jason Miller, and former Trump campaign official Angela McCallum also were subpoenaed, the panel said Monday. [Extracted from the article]

The bosses of Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., along with executives from Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc, were urged to resign on Thursday by progressive Democrats during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing. (Bloomberg) -- The first ever U.S. congressional dressing down of oil bosses for alleged climate-change subterfuge devolved into a fractious spat over environmental racism, electric-car subsidies and fat pay packages. [Extracted from the article]

It also argues the Bannon information being sought would not qualify because Bannon was not a government employee or a Trump adviser during the time period under investigation. Should the committee of seven Democrats and two Republicans vote, as expected, to hold Bannon in contempt, the resolution will go to the House floor for a vote that requires a simple majority to pass. [Extracted from the article]

Chair Bennie Thompson said the additional subpoenas could go out as soon as this week, though the fate of the first round of subpoenas is not clear. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

QZWYI9T1UM0W (Bloomberg) -- Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and three other of former President Donald Trump's advisers were subpoenaed Thursday by the select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Keywords: ALLTOP; ELECT; EXE; GEN; GENTOP; GOV; NORTHAM; POL; TOP; US; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM; WWTOPAS EN ALLTOP ELECT EXE GEN GENTOP GOV NORTHAM POL TOP US WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM WWTOPAS Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and three other of former President Donald Trump's advisers were subpoenaed Thursday by the select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. [Extracted from the article]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hand-picked all of the members of the new committee, including Republicans Liz Cheney of Wyoming, who was ousted as the House's No. 3 GOP leader over her criticism of former President Donald Trump, and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois. Pelosi's selection of Cheney and Kinzinger gives a veneer of bipartisanship, even if both Republicans have sharp differences with the House GOP leadership. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Seven House Democrats and two Republicans on Tuesday launch what they say will be the fullest investigation yet of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, an inquiry that could drag the issue into next year's midterm election campaign. Four other seats reserved for Republicans are empty, in a stand-off with House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy after Pelosi vetoed of two of his appointees. Pelosi's selection of Cheney and Kinzinger gives a veneer of bipartisanship, even if both Republicans have sharp differences with the House GOP leadership. [Extracted from the article]

But other House Republicans said Democrats were trying tolay blame on Trump and that the focus should be on thefailure of security forces to anticipate and stop theattack. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy said he hasn't decidedwhether he would appoint any Republicans to the panel. [Extracted from the article]

Only two Republicans joined all Democrats in the 222-190vote to create the House select committee, which doesn'trequire assent of the Senate or the signature of thepresident to begin its investigation. Among the Republicans who backed the select committee wasWyoming Representative Liz Cheney, who voted in Januaryto impeach Trump for his role in stoking the mob and infavor of creating the independent commission. [Extracted from the article]

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, whose data was among material Apple turned over to the Justice Department, said on Monday that lawmakers will delve into how giant tech companies respond to subpoenas for information on their customers. (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. is facing renewed scrutiny in Washington over its compliance with secret Trump-era subpoenas for user data on more than 100 users including U.S. lawmakers, highlighting the bind tech companies find themselves in when obliged to satisfy law enforcement demands. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. is facing renewed scrutiny in Washington over its compliance with secret Trump-era subpoenas for user data on more than 100 users including U.S. lawmakers, highlighting the bind tech companies find themselves in when obliged to satisfy law enforcement demands. The Justice Department is already investigating Apple's app store practices, Bloomberg has reported, which have also been questioned by Congress. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, whose data was among material Apple turned over to the Justice Department, said on Monday that lawmakers will delve into how giant tech companies respond to subpoenas for information on their customers. [Extracted from the article]

The 54-35 vote Friday fell shy of the 60 needed to start debate on the measure, with Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and Trump rallying most Republicans to oppose the probe in the first Senate filibuster since President Joe Biden took office. Keywords: ALLTOP; ELECT; EXE; GEN; GENTOP; GLOBALMACR; GOV; NORTHAM; POL; TOP; US; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM; WWTOPAS; WWTOPEU EN ALLTOP ELECT EXE GEN GENTOP GLOBALMACR GOV NORTHAM POL TOP US WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM WWTOPAS WWTOPEU Senate Republicans blocked a bill to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, avoiding a high-profile public review of the attack by supporters of Donald Trump as the 2022 midterm elections draw closer. [Extracted from the article]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was noncommittal when asked if he supports the commission legislation. Democrats are pressing ahead on investigating the insurrection and preventing a future breach of the Capitol. Keywords: ALLTOP; ELECT; GEN; GOV; NORTHAM; POL; US; WORLD; WWTOP EN ALLTOP ELECT GEN GOV NORTHAM POL US WORLD WWTOP House Democrats plan votes next week on a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and a $1.9 billion security package to deal with its aftermath. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that a panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington D.C. Circuit has refused to enforce National Labor Relations Board subpoenas against Cooper Tire. According to the panel, federal courts in D.C. do not have jurisdiction because the underlying dispute is not nationwide in scope. The Board, meanwhile, has argued that the location of its D.C. contempt branch has made it appropriate for the agency to go to federal court to enforce the subpoenas.

Government asks about relationship with health-policy expert The Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission have been cracking down on hedge funds' use of firms that are paid to offer insights on industry trends and Washington policy that could move stock prices. [Extracted from the article]