⁍ Top Democrat on U.S. Senate commerce committee Maria Cantwell said on Thursday she would not support the panel’s efforts to subpoena Twitter, Alphabet’s Google and Facebook for an Oct. 1 hearing.
⁍ ‘I will not participate in an attempt to use the committee’s serious subpoena power for a partisan effort 40 days before an election,’ she said in a statement.
⁍ Earlier on Thursday, the committee chaired by Republican Senator Roger Wicker said it would issue subpoenas to the tech executives if they do not agree to testify at a hearing on Oct. 1.
– The Senate Commerce Committee has issued subpoenas to Google, Facebook, and Twitter unless they agree to testify at a hearing on Oct. 1, Reuters reports. According to the Wall Street Journal, the subpoenas were issued because the tech companies haven’t been cooperating with the committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Google, Facebook, and Twitter have said they won’t appear at the hearing unless subpoenas are issued. Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell says she “will not participate in an attempt to use the committee’s serious subpoena power for a partisan effort 40 days before an election,” according to Reuters.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-senate-tech/top-democrat-on-us-senate-commerce-committee-says-she-will-not-support-effort-to-subpoena-tech-ceos-idUSL2N2GL2CL