A federal judge in Manafort's case just made a bizarre comment about Mueller that left experts baffl

[orangecrush]

A federal judge in Manafort's case just made a bizarre comment about Mueller that left experts baffled


The federal judge overseeing the criminal case in Virginia against President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort questioned Friday why special counsel Robert Mueller brought the charges against Manafort.
US District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III speculated that prosecutors charged Manafort to get him to flip against Trump.
Former Justice Department veterans were confounded by the comment and said it has no bearing on the validity of the case against Manafort.
US District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III, who is overseeing one of the federal criminal cases against President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, made an unusual comment Friday that confounded legal experts.

During a hearing in which Manafort was seeking the dismissal of one of the two indictments against him in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling, Ellis speculated that prosecutors had charged him to get him to flip against Trump.

Manafort is the subject of two indictments from Mueller.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/legal-experts-react-to-judge-comments-manafort-flip-2018-5


Bizarre.


Well worded.

[BSdetect]

1. It's called political bias.

[orangecrush]

5. If we still have elections in November

and the Blue Wave becomes a thing, hopefully this assclown will become subject of an investigation himself.

[Kirk Lover]

2. So that is the ONLY reason they charged him? nt

[orangecrush]

3. No pretense of impartiality

Parroting Hannity in court.

[BannonsLiver]

4. This guy has been compromised

He's either in deep some how, some way, or is a god damned idiot. My money's on both.

[orangecrush]

6. Mueller

Has the wherewithal to expose it, if that is the case.

[Zoonart]

7. It has begun.

Who will prosecute these criminals?

[orangecrush]

8. open question.

[Vinca]

9. Reagan appointee, probably a Trumphumper.