Teresa Jeffs, who turns 17 this weekend, was summoned inside. It was to be her second time to testify before the grand jury. She was there for about 20 minutes.

Willie Jessop was on his way to the courthouse Tuesday morning when he was pulled over by police and handed a subpoena to testify. Prior to the indictments being issued, Jessop said what happened Tuesday was "continued harassment of the FLDS."

Jessop noted how the girls and women waiting to testify were kept outside in extremely warm temperatures all day. A photographer from the sheriff's office documented their every movement, he said.

Jessop feared the "harassment" harassment would continue Thursday in Washington, D.C. The people being called to testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee are all anti-FLDS, Jessop said.

"It's not good faith when they intentionally seek all false information," he said. "They only want to solicit information that is one-sided."

Abbott is also on the witness list for the hearing into crimes associated with polygamy. Jessop was also planning to be there, even though no FLDS members have been invited to testify.

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