Steward Health CEO Ralph de la Torre refuses Senate subpoena

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Steward Health CEO Ralph de la Torre refuses Senate subpoena

The CEO of Steward Health Care told senators Wednesday that despite a subpoena he would not appear before a bipartisan Senate committee next week to answer questions about the financial dealings of his bankrupt hospital chain.

In a bipartisan vote in July, a Senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions authorized the subpoena mandating Ralph de la Torre to be present on Sept. 12 for testimony in Washington, D.C.

Through an attorney, de la Torre requested that the hearing be rescheduled until after Steward’s bankruptcy proceedings are completed. In a letter, de la Torre’s attorney said the hearing would be “a pseudo-criminal proceeding in which they use the time, not to gather facts, but to convict Dr. de la Torre in the eyes of public opinion.”

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