Michael Moore’s Subpoena Ploy

After Michael Moore let loose with a subpoena “secret” on NBC's “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” media outlets were flooded with reports that the struggling filmmaker had, in fact, been served with a subpoena from the Bush Justice Department.

“I haven't even told my own family yet,” Moore told Leno. “I was just informed when I was back there with Jay that the Bush administration has now issued a subpoena for me.”

Moore has been desperately seeking publicity for his latest flick, “Sicko,” and continues to try everything he can to resuscitate the box office.

Curiously, a day after his Leno appearance, Reuters reported that “federal officials may be planning to subpoena filmmaker Michael Moore . . .”

Evidently, the source told Reuters that Moore had not actually been served with the request.