Mueller lists 35 potential witnesses in the trial of Trump's former campaign director

U.S. Special advocate Robert Mueller has presented a list of 35 potential witnesses who could testify in the trial of Paul Manafort, former president of the Trump Campaign, Virginia, scheduled to begin next week, according to court papers filed Friday.

Manafort pleaded not guilty to 18 counts of bank and tax fraud and failure to file foreign bank and financial statements

Five of the witnesses, all financial professionals, were previously identified when they obtained the Immunity to testify.

to begin last Wednesday, but US District Judge TS Ellis III delayed him until next Tuesday and ordered Mueller to provide his list of witnesses to defense lawyers.

Mueller's list of witnesses included Manafort's long-time badociate, Richard Gates, who was indicted in October at the same time as Manafort. Gates pleaded guilty in February and cooperated with the probe Mueller

Tad Devine, a consultant who worked with Manafort in Ukraine and was the chief strategist of presidential Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders in 2016. He helps federal prosecutors in the case against Manafort