The Washington Examiner reports Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed a request for 150 blank subpoenas in the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday to be used in the case against Paul Manafort.
The two-page filing reveals little, but says that that each subpoena recipient must appear in the Alexandria, Va., courthouse on July 25 to testify in the case.
Judge T.S. Ellis III has now moved the trial date twice, first from July 10 to July 24, and then from that date to July 25.
The 150 number sounds huge, but it actually amounts to 75 subpoenas because each one has two copies - one for the witness and one for the defense. Because Judge Ellis moved the date back a day, Mueller's team has to change the date on the subpoenas.
Court documents filed in April show that Mueller's team was pushing to subpoena 35 witnesses in the trial.
In May, court documents showed he had filed 70 blank subpoenas.
A blank subpoena means the party serving the subpoena, in this case the federal government, can fill in the name later, as long as it is done so before the subpoena is served.
The document says each recipient “must also bring with you the following documents, electronically stored information or objects” — but what follows that line is under seal.
In Virginia, Manafort is facing charges including tax fraud and failing to report foreign bank accounts.
Full story: Robert Mueller files request for 150 blank subpoenas in Paul Manafort case (Washington Examiner)