The full Senate in March voted unanimously to hold Backpage in civil contempt for its refusal to comply with the subpoena. Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, chairman and ranking members of the permanent subcommittee on investigations, respectively, said the case is the first in more than 20 years in which the Senate turned to the courts to enforce a subpoena.
“Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a real victory—Backpage has no more legal options to avoid turning over subpoenaed documents in our investigation into online sex trafficking, including the trafficking of children,” McCaskill said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. “I’m looking forward to reviewing the documents as soon as possible to get to the bottom of whether this company has business practices and policies to prevent criminal activity on its site.”
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