Paul Manafort was indicted by a grand jury on charges including money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Prosecutors may subpoena 35 witnesses in Virginia Manafort trial Manafort's attorneys also pressed a federal judge to rein in Mueller's probe.

Prosecutors from special counsel Robert Mueller's office have obtained 35 sets of subpoenas to call witnesses for Paul Manafort's bank and tax fraud trial set to begin in a Virginia federal court in July, court records show.

Prosecutor Greg Andres requested the subpoenas last week, but their issuance was made public by the court Wednesday.


At a hearing in the case last month, prosecutor Andrew Weissmann predicted the government would call 20 to 25 witnesses to testify against Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, during a prosecution case that would take eight to 10 trial days to present.

Manafort was indicted by a grand jury in Washington in October on charges including money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent in connection with his Ukraine-related lobbying work. In February, Mueller's office obtained a new indictment in Virginia against the longtime political consultant and lobbyist, charging him with bank fraud and tax fraud. Charges of failing to report for foreign bank accounts were effectively transferred from the Washington case to the Virginia one.

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Manafort's Virginia trial is set to open July 10, with the Washington trial following on Sept. 17. Prosecutors have indicated they need at least 15 trial days, or about three weeks for their part of the D.C. trial.

In a separate court filing Wednesday night, Manafort's attorneys pressed a federal judge to rein in Mueller's probe, citing recent indications that the special counsel is "fervently pursuing" the former Trump campaign chair over potential offenses unconnected to either the Washington or Virginia cases.

"The Special Counsel is, right now, investigating Mr. Manafort for purported crimes unrelated to alleged coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials," Manafort's attorneys Kevin Downing and Thomas Zehnle wrote. "The Special Counsel continues to unlawfully investigate Mr. Manafort ... and has recently executed a search warrant to that end."

Manafort's defense team cited a court filing by prosecutors last week at which they revealed that the government obtained a search warrant on March 9 related to Manafort. Court records show the search related to "five telephone numbers controlled by AT&T," but other details related to the search are under seal.