The House Committee on Justice has issued subpoenas compelling former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and the Anti-Money Laundering Council to produce documents and testify at the April 22 impeachment hearing on Vice President Sara Duterte.
The AMLC subpoena, moved by Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña, directs the financial intelligence body to submit records of covered and suspicious bank transactions involving Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, spanning nearly two decades from 2006 to 2025. Cendaña also asked that the documents be turned over before the hearing to allow prior review, or that the AMLC certify in writing if no such records exist.
Trillanes was separately ordered to appear and bring documents bearing on Duterte’s alleged ill-gotten wealth and the non-disclosure of assets in her Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth. The subpoena was sought by Mamamayang Liberal Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima, who argued that the former senator’s testimony would be “very relevant,” citing his inclusion in the third impeachment complaint against the Vice President and his prior appearances before the House Quad Committee on the drug war.
“I respectfully move for the issuance of a subpoena ad testificandum and duces tecum to former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, requiring him to appear at the next hearing on April 22, 2026, and produce documents relative to the alleged ill-gotten wealth and non-disclosure of assets in the SALNs of the Vice President,” De Lima said.
Both motions were approved by the committee. The hearing is set for 10 a.m. on April 22.
