Lawmaker signs most subpoenas for Quinn program

By Sophia Tareen

Published June 24, 2014 9:05pm ET

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Lawmaker signs most subpoenas for Quinn program — In this photo taken on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, Illinois Auditor General William Holland, left, and Illinois Rep. Frank Mautino, D-Spring Valley, right, talk during a legislative commission at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., that helps review the use of public money and voted to grant itself subpoena powers to investigate Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's troubled anti-violence program. Mautino signed five of seven subpoenas compelling former state officials connected to Quinn's 2010 troubled anti-violence program to testify before a commission next month. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) | Seth Perlman

CHICAGO (AP) — Five former state officials under Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration will be subpoenaed to testify about a troubled 2010 anti-violence program next month, but the rejection of two other subpoenas by a key Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday reignited claims of election year politics.

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