The Senate impeachment court on Wednesday deferred its ruling on requests to subpoena records from the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Anti-Money Laundering Council, giving senator-judges more time to review the parties’ memoranda and the legal issues involved.
Presiding Officer Sen. Francis Escudero announced the deferment after the court held a closed-door caucus lasting about an hour and a half.
“In caucus, the senator-judges agreed to study the matter more, given that not everyone has actually completed reading the memoranda given by the parties and submitted to the parties and given that they want more time to look into the complicated issue involved in these two motions for the issuance of subpoena,” Escudero said.
He said the court would decide on the requests on Monday, July 20.
Before the ruling, senator-judges who wish to question the prosecution and defense will be given time to do so.
“Following our rules, it shall be 10 minutes per senator, not exceeding one hour for each side,” Escudero said.