Lawyer who intervened in Jussie Smollett case refuses subpoena

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Lawyer who intervened in Jussie Smollett case refuses subpoena

By Lia Eustachewich

May 23, 2019 | 9:13am | Updated


A former top aide to Michelle Obama refused to be served a subpoena Wednesday related to her contact with Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx in the Jussie Smollett case.

The subpoena was issued by former Illinois Appellate Judge Sheila O’Brien as part of her request for a special prosecutor to investigate the Cook County state’s attorney’s handling of Smollett’s criminal case, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

O’Brien wants the former first lady’s one-time chief of staff, Tina Tchen, to produce “any and all documents, notes, phone records, texts, tape recordings made or received at any time, concerning [Tchen’s] conversations with Kim Foxx in re: Jussie Smollett” at a May 31 hearing.

https://nypost.com/2019/05/23/lawyer-who-intervened-in-jussie-smollett-case-refuses-subpoena/

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How can someone refuse a subpoena?

[Applewood]

How can someone refuse a subpoena?

She can refuse to accept service, but then she could end up in some hot water.  Not a good idea.  Proper thing to do is to contest the validity of the subpoena in a legal proceeding.

Seems refusing to accept service of and refusing to comply with subpoenas is becoming epidemic these days.  Time for those who say no to a valid subpoena to get a cell at the local hoosegow.