Senate panel threatens criminal action against website operator

Published November 19, 2015 7:47pm ET



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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