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#subpoenas — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #subpoenas, aggregated by home.social.

  1. On Friday, the US attorney’s office in Southern Florida issued 30 #subpoenas to individuals such former #CIA director #JohnBrennan, & other fmr intelligence officials. Shortly before Executive Assistant United States Attorney Manolo Reboso signed off on the subpoenas, 2 career US attorneys resigned because they “felt like there was something they could not take part in because it would violate their ethical responsibilities,” acc/to MSNBC.

    #Trump #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics

  2. Victory! #NinthCircuit Limits Intrusive #DMCA #Subpoenas

    The 9th Circuit upheld an important limitation on Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) subpoenas that other federal courts have recognized for more than 2 decades. The DMCA, a misguided anti-piracy law passed in the late 90’s, created a bevy of powerful tools, ostensibly to help #copyright holders fight online #infringement. Unfortunately, the DMCA’s powerful protections are ripe for abuse by “copyright trolls”

    eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/vict