A Senate panel is threatening criminal action against a website operator for failing to explain himself.
“Backpage.com and its chief executive officer, Carl Ferrer, have failed to comply with a lawful subpoena issued by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,” according to a Thursday memo issued by the committee, chaired by Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio.
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