"The word "subpoena" appears 84 times in the Jack Smith deposition ( see my more general post describing how Jim Jordan tried to bury his own cowardice disclosed in Smith's deposition here): Subpoenas to Jack Smith (by any party): 7 Subpoenas for GOP toll records (questions by GOPers): 55 Subpoenas for GOP toll records (questions by Dems): 2 Other subpoenas for GOP witnesses (questions by GOPers): 1 Subpoenas from the stolen documents investigation (asked by Dems): 19"
"As that tally makes clear, the vast majority of those references came during the GOP time, focused on the subpoenas for 10 members of Congress, one of two fake scandals that Chuck Grassley created in advance of Smith's testimony."
"Q Where they're basically told by their bank that they need to go find a different bank. And there is a long list of, you know, Trump allied, you know, officials that were subpoenaed for the grand jury, that were, you know, brought into your investigation that claim they had been debanked and that Capital One told them to go find a different bank and numerous other banks."
The deposition contains 84 uses of the word "subpoena," with counts broken down by topic and questioner. GOP questioning accounted for the majority, especially about subpoenas for 10 members of Congress and toll-record inquiries. Democrats asked more about subpoenas tied to the stolen documents investigation. Chuck Grassley crafted two purported scandals in advance, but the 430-target financial-record claim drew no questions during the deposition. A GOP question raised allegations of "debanking" of Trump-allied officials; Jack Smith reported no knowledge of banks being urged by his office to drop customers or of communications with banks on that matter.
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