A year has gone by since their first request, which was ignored.
On another thread below, a Republican “fireball” trying to get information from the Consumer Financial Protection (whatever) is complaining of being bitch-slapped by those mean ‘rats.
Boehner appointed Trey Gowdy in May of 2014 and sicced him on the ‘rats. That was ten months ago. Gowdy’s finally getting to enforcement of subpoenas issue last spring.
Darrell Issa. The ‘Treebeard’ of the GOP’s Spanish Inquisition whirlwind:
“Let’s not ... be ... hasty little Hobbits! We ... have ... determined ... they ... are ... not ... Orcs.”
Yeah, these guys are real pit bulls! That is, if the pit bulls were actually old cats with no teeth sleeping 23/7 on the back stoop, occasionally rousing themselves to dig through garbage cans.
As a postscript, in most states when a party is served with “discovery”: Interrogatories (questions), Requests for Admissions, subpoenas (appear) or subpoena duces tecum (provide copies of these materials), by trial rule they have thirty days to return their answers or supply the materials requested, if there is no objection and hearing, or continuance agreed to by the parties or granted by a judge.
The difference between ‘pubs v. ‘rats, and a lawsuit?
In a lawsuit, the lawyers are concerned about the opinion of their clients and are subject to ethical standards, as well as rules, and at least for the good ones, with a concern that the law be effected and that justice be served in a timely manner.
(”Justice delayed is justice denied.”)
The Republicans are apparently motivated solely by political considerations and are unconcerned about the opinions of them that brung them to this here barn dance.
There it is.