Assertion: patriot's government | /r/CapableOf | demonstrate in affidavit
Facets:
value: to a federal district court
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The material witness statute was used prior to the Patriot Act and authorizes the federal government to arrest a witness if the government demonstrates in an affidavit to a federal district court that the witness has testimony that is material to a criminal proceeding and ""it is shown that it may become impracticable to secure the presence of the person by subpoena."