State Dept.: Kerry Will Not Comply with Benghazi Subpoena

Mediaite ^ | 5/6/14 | Josh Feldman

[Nachum]

Secretary of State John Kerry has been subpoenaed to testify on Benghazi on May 21st. However, in the daily State Department press briefing on Monday, deputy spokesperson Marie Harf said that Kerry will be out of the country on that day and won’t comply with the subpoena to testify on that particular date. Harf said that Kerry “has been made aware” of the subpoena, but still plans to be out of the country and in Mexico on the 21st. She said the State Department was “surprised” that Darrell Issa skipped over offering an invitation and went straight to issuing a

[castlegreyskull]

Elites think they have different rules of justice than us serfs. Maybe Aaron Hernandez would show up to his trial if we ask him nicely.

[moehoward]

"….and I can’t find anything to say they did not or did……."

Meirs and Rove both did testify in 2009. Key parts of the transcript here. So there is not only legal precedent, there is a history of compliance.

[Kackikat]

Thanks for finding that info, it wasn’t coming up on my research requests.

[moehoward]

The ruling was appealed, I cant find anything about it being upheld, but it appears that there was a deal hammered out that led to them agreeing to testify.

What’s interesting is this…”(U.S. District Judge John) Bates had suggested that the two sides settle to avoid a ruling that would be binding of future presidents and members of Congress.”

[Kackikat]

I think what you have found is a ‘smoking gun’ that should help force this Administration to toe the line on subpoenas, based on the Bush Administration experience and agreed testimony. Could that have been what caused Kerry to change his tone and agree to testify?

That’s too funny... Bush’s fault, again.