Senate Court Limits Subpoenas for Sara Duterte's Financial Records
The Philippine Senate impeachment court has limited the scope of subpoenas for the financial records of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband. Foreign currency deposits were excluded based on past legal precedents, drawing lessons from the 2012 impeachment trial of former Chief Justice Renato Corona.
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