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Mueller Seeks Subpoenas for 35 Witnesses for Manafort Trial

Mueller asked for blank subpoenas, with names to be filled in later.

Mueller Seeks Subpoenas for 35 Witnesses for Manafort Trial
Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, exits the U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C. (Photographer: Zach Gibson/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller asked a judge in Alexandria, Virginia, to issue 35 sets of subpoenas to witnesses for a trial set to begin on July 10. That’s when President Donald Trump’s former campaign Chairman Paul Manafort is set to go on trial on tax and bank fraud charges.

Mueller asked for blank subpoenas, with names to be filled in later.

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