A court in Texas ordered an East Coast hospital on April 30 to comply with a subpoena from the Department of Justice (DOJ) probing misuse of prescription drugs and fraudulent billing related to minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor took less than a day to grant the DOJ’s request to enforce the subpoena.
“The court finds that the subpoena was issued within the Department of Justice’s statutory authority, the subpoena seeks documents reasonably relevant to the investigation, and the subpoena’s demands are reasonable,” O’Connor said in his brief order.
He added that Rhode Island Hospital had not complied with the subpoena, though it had been issued in July 2025, and had not asked a court to quash it….