Word is that Judge Burns has now gone ahead and signed off on the subpoenas. Wilkes’ court-appointed lawyer, Shereen Charlick, has them in hand and is going to start faxing them out right quick.

No subpoenas have been issued yet, but the AP isn’t waiting. The news agency has already filed a motion to supress them.

But as Michael Corleone said: “they keep pulling me…BACK…IN!”

So defense attorney Mark Geragos wants Judge Larry Burns to subpoena me to testify at a December 11th hearing about the sources for my book, Feasting on the Spoils.

Here’s what the subpoena would look like (Click for larger image):

Here’s his explanation for why:

Seth Hettena is a journalist, who authored “Feasting on the Spoils: The Life and Times of Randy Cunningham, History’s Most Corrupt Congressman.” Mr. Hettena called defense counsel and inquired regarding the investigation into Mr. Wilkes and his alleged role in wrongdoing with former Congressman Cunningham. Mr. Hettena claimed to have a draft(s) indictment prior to its issuance and revealed portions of the proposed charges to defense counsel. Mr. Hettena had to have received the draft(s) of or any substance of a proposed indictment(s) from someone on the prosecution team.