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Fri May 4, 2018, 03:13 PM

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Judge Grills Mueller Team On Relevance Of Manafort Case To Russia Probe [View all] DonViejo May 2018 OP

All I want to know is who is the judge. Appointed by who. Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #1

Shit ... this doesn't sound good ... who appointed this judge? (nt) mr_lebowski May 2018 #2

Reagan angrychair May 2018 #5

Judges often ask "pointed questions" of all parties...I would not take too much away from this. Fred Sanders May 2018 #13

Gee... jberryhill May 2018 #14

Well said. I read a study recently indicating very little political bias by federally appointed Fred Sanders May 2018 #17

I suppose the Supreme Court appointing Bush president wasn't political. Yeah. olegramps May 2018 #21

The Supreme Court is a different kettle of fish jberryhill May 2018 #40

When is justice to use different scales to measure the validity of cases? olegramps May 2018 #51

Oh, okay, the federal courts are rigged jberryhill May 2018 #53

I am not oblivious to the fact that they are rigged and it does make a difference. I care! olegramps May 2018 #60

Some media are reporting this with sensational janx May 2018 #22

It's good for the prosecution to get grilled jberryhill May 2018 #46

I know that the judge is doing what the judge needs to do janx May 2018 #49

Agree. djg21 May 2018 #26

+1 meadowlander May 2018 #44

Thanks! elleng May 2018 #16

People who do that... jberryhill May 2018 #41

Exactly. elleng May 2018 #48

How simple minded is this judge? quartz007 May 2018 #3

Either Manafort committed crimes or he did not. Sophia4 May 2018 #4

It is not strange. former9thward May 2018 #35

We shall see. Sophia4 May 2018 #58

There's a little bit of "show me the man and I'll find the crime" MosheFeingold May 2018 #43

Here is a possible scenario: The Trump campaign was advised early on by Papdapouolous Sophia4 May 2018 #56

Possibly, Ellis is thinking about Kennedy retirement rumors blondebanshee May 2018 #6

The level of ignorance of how courts work is really depressing jberryhill May 2018 #7

K & R. Thanks for that truth and insight. KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #9

a/k/a doing the job jberryhill May 2018 #11

Jberry, what do you make of this reaction in the press? KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #50

I think they have to sell soap jberryhill May 2018 #52

Thanks, Jberry - that makes sense. KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #54

Here is what is alleged to be a transcript of the proceedings: Kotya May 2018 #61

Ah good. I'll have a look at that. jberryhill May 2018 #63

There's a thread with the full transcript. Kotya May 2018 #64

My thoughts exactly lisa58 May 2018 #10

Exactly onenote May 2018 #12

I am sorry to further depress you, but can you clarify a couple of things? elias7 May 2018 #19

The purpose of a criminal indictment is to prosecute an accused criminal of the crimes charged jberryhill May 2018 #31

Thanks elias7 May 2018 #59

This sounds like a bit more than a judge doing due diligence. MGKrebs May 2018 #23

One person on this board doesn't what anyone to be allow to question the judge's actions. olegramps May 2018 #62

Doing the prosecution a favorable turn, perhaps. sprinkleeninow May 2018 #39

No, just the court doing its job jberryhill May 2018 #47

What I meant was that it 'sounds' as if the judge is being biased sprinkleeninow May 2018 #57

Correct n/t MosheFeingold May 2018 #45

HTF, is Manafort not related to Russian interference????? Something doesn't smell right. blondebanshee May 2018 #8

Getting the arguments on the record in court is the best way to secure reliable prosecutions jberryhill May 2018 #33

Do not despair: fleur-de-lisa May 2018 #15

Thank you for posting some hope, but his comments have me concerned: blondebanshee May 2018 #18

They concern me as well n/t dajoki May 2018 #20

I understand. Please see this post: fleur-de-lisa May 2018 #25

Thank you fleur-de-lisa! blondebanshee May 2018 #30

Many judges are harder on the sides that they are going to rule for Gothmog May 2018 #27

And if you think about it, that's the way it is supposed to be jberryhill May 2018 #32

Why can't we ever catch a break? Now we have judges siding with the Trump team. OliverQ May 2018 #24

I like it when judges do their jobs. I don't want any of these criminals to get off on appeal. WhoWoodaKnew May 2018 #28

Manafort's involvement in Ukraine was one of the reasons the Russians got him involved in the Trump MaryMagdaline May 2018 #29

Yes, because at that time the President of Ukraine was Friend of Russia, Viktor Yanukovych. Nitram May 2018 #36

Indeed, the judge covered that jberryhill May 2018 #65

And. Bingo! We have a guaranteed Trump nominee for the Supreme Court! Nitram May 2018 #34

Ahhh, no. former9thward May 2018 #37

That wouldn't stop Trump or his flunkies in Congress. It's all about loyalty. Nitram May 2018 #38

Yes it would stop Trump or any other president. former9thward May 2018 #42

No one like Trump was ever president before. Nitram May 2018 #55