Senate Panel Halts Subpoena Vote in Supreme Court Probe

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) apparently got cold feet on issuing the subpoenas against private citizens in the court ethics investigation. He denies the claim.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff attends a campaign event at the Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah, Ga., on Nov. 12, 2020. Dustin Chambers/Reuters

The Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee abruptly called off a vote on issuing subpoenas against two private citizens connected to conservative Supreme Court justices.

A Senate aide said the vote was pulled because a Democrat senator decided to drop his support for the subpoenas. The senator’s office, however, later denied the report.