Federal · Title 2 — The Congress

2 U.S.C. § 390: Penalty for failure to appear, testify, or produce documents

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who is subpoenaed as a witness in an election case but fails to appear, testify, or produce documents, or refuses to answer pertinent questions, commits a misdemeanor punishable by fine and/or up to twelve months imprisonment.

Read the full statutory text

Every person who, having been subpenaed as a witness under this chapter to give testimony or to produce documents, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the contested election case, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than $100 or imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than twelve months, or both.

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