House Committee on Ethics
A House Ethics Committee in uncharted territory voted unanimously to subpoena Rep. Junie Joseph — the first subpoena any Colorado legislative ethics panel has ever issued — while members bristled that the caucus co-chair, though willing to appear, refused to waive formal service ahead of the June 23 hearing.
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“We do not. This is the furthest along any Ethics Committee has ever gotten. So no Ethics committee has actually been in the position of having this opportunity to issue a subpoena. So you. Everything you are doing from here on out is new and groundbreaking.”
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Sign in to subscribeAre we live? Yes, I think so. Oh, okay, great. Yes, we should be live now. Okay, great. The House Committee on Ethics will come to order. And Ms. Berger, please call the roll. Representatives Garcia, Sander. Present. Mabry. Here. Woodrow. Here. Soper. Here. Madam Chair. Here. All right. Thank you all for being here today. As you know, we have scheduled about 13 people to come before the committee next week. The vast majority of them are willing and able to appear in person, which is great. One witness who was both listed on Representative Lindsay's list and as well as our committee's requested list, was Representative Joseph, and she has indicated that she is unwilling to appear voluntarily unless subpoenaed. And we are meeting today to discuss the committee's thoughts and wishes on how to proceed on this one witness. I know that our great staff at OLLS has sent out a memorandum for us on legislative subpoenas and just some background information there. So thank you very much for that. And for those of us that, again, are not attorneys, the Colorado Rules of civil procedure, Rule 45 and Joint Rule 33 in the General Assemb appreciated…
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