GOP senator subpoenaed at CPAC was target of ‘political stunt,’ his spokeswoman says

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., participates in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in an undated photo. (Associated Press)
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., participates in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in an undated photo. (Associated Press)

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., was the target of “a political stunt” when he was served with a subpoena following his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland, his spokeswoman said Friday.

The subpoena was reportedly delivered by the process server of Elad Gross, a Democratic candidate for Missouri attorney general who is suing Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s office.

“We got him,” Gross tweeted before noon on Friday. “After more than two weeks of evading service, Senator Josh Hawley was personally served with the subpoena at CPAC.”

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