(NBC NEWS) — “We have made clear,” the court said, “that in a criminal case the powerful interest in the ‘fair administration of criminal justice’ requires that the evidence be given under appropriate circumstances lest the ‘very integrity of the judicial system’ be eroded.”
WASHINGTON — Presidents have been subpoenaed before — Thomas Jefferson for documents, Richard Nixon for tapes and Bill Clinton for testimony.
Now, special counsel Robert Mueller raised the prospect of subpoenaing President Donald Trump to answer questions in his investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The Post said Mueller brought up trying to compel the president to testify before a grand jury in a meeting with Trump’s lawyers in early March.
Here’s what’s happened when past presidents have been subpoenaed:
Click to continue reading. By Pete Williams – May 2, 2018