[firebrand]

Also, the right word is "haled" into court. Not "hauled." It comes from a completely different root.

[cyncooper]

That's interesting, but the dem/media referred to "hauling" witnesses before the grand jury to convey that they were being unfairly summoned by an out of control Starr and that's what I was saying.

Here are some examples:

The Players Pro-Clinton

excerpt:

Sydney Blumenthal
Journalist-turned-White House-communications specialist, Blumenthal was hauled before Starr's grand jury when the independent counsel suspected Blumenthal's damage control might be tantamount to obstruction of justice.

~snip~

Inside Starr And His Operation

excerpt:

Starr's use of his subpoena powers also strikes some critics as overkill. The parade of witnesses that Starr hauled before a grand jury last week included sympathetic figures like Betty Currie, Clinton's personal secretary.

~snip~

There are more examples available. It was not the misuse of an arcane word, but a deliberate message that the grand jury was abusing its power.