Lawyers for Vice President Sara Duterte said Monday they are considering asking the Supreme Court (SC) to review the Senate impeachment court’s decision allowing prosecutors to obtain certain financial and government records, but have yet to decide whether to pursue the legal remedy.

“Everything is subject to judicial review depending on the circumstances available. But we have not made that decision yet,” defense spokesperson Michael Wesley Poa told reporters after the proceedings.

The impeachment court granted the House prosecution panel’s request to subpoena records from financial institutions involving Duterte, lawyer Manases Carpio, their law firm Carpio Lawyers, and 19 corporate entities to support allegations of unexplained wealth under Article II of the impeachment complaint.

The defense opposed the request, arguing that it was overly broad, amounted to a “fishing expedition,” and could violate Duterte’s constitutional rights to privacy and due process.

“We submit to the decision of the impeachment court, but without prejudice to legal remedies available under the law,” Poa said.

He noted that while Presiding Officer Francis Escudero cited the 2012 impeachment trial of former Chief Justice Renato Corona as precedent, the Duterte case involves different legal considerations.

“Marami nang nangyari in between, from then till now,” Poa said.

He stressed that the ruling merely authorized the issuance of subpoenas and did not automatically make the requested documents admissible as evidence.

“Once these pieces of evidence or documents are presented in court, you can expect certain objections,” he said, adding that the defense remains confident in its case.

“We don’t fear the documents. The point really is that we have laws, we have the due process clause in the Constitution.”

Poa said the legal team would first assess whether elevating the matter to the Supreme Court would be advantageous.

“It doesn’t mean that we will be doing it. It doesn’t mean that we will not be doing it. We still have to discuss whether it would be advantageous for our case to go up,” he said.