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CNNs analysts spending much time discussing Manaforts fashion sense
Thousands of agents working 24/7
Millions of taxpayers dollars spent
And Muller team’s evidence on Manafort trial: his collection of expensive yet horrible clothing
Apparently when they raided Manaforts house most time was spent taking pictures of his closet
CNNs analysts spending much time discussing Manaforts fashion sense
This isn't how it's done in Venezuela right Hater? Usually you dont even get a court date let along a trial.
This is at least a 2 weeks trial.
paid for all his clothes using wire transfers.
from where?
Mueller used a drone to take pictures of his fountain as well. And presented it to the jury just now. lol
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Fox: Colorful Manafort judge warns Mueller team case could tank without key witness
Judge Ellis repeated that he will not allow the prosecution “to gild the lily.”
“It could become relevant if there was a dispute of what the money was spent for,” Ellis said, suggesting there is no dispute at this time.
Manafort’s bookkeeper, Heather Washkuhn, also testified Thursday that she had no knowledge that Manafort had any foreign holdings.
But the Mueller team was rebuffed by Ellis on Wednesday when it first tried to introduce photos of Manafort’s closets, filled with suits and other high-end articles of clothing. Ellis noted that those photos would eventually become fodder for the media, and called them "unnecessary" for jurors to see.
“Enough is enough. We don’t convict people because they have a lot of money and throw it around,” he said.
So, your counter is at least he got a phony trial?This isn't how it's done in Venezuela right Hater? Usually you dont even get a court date let along a trial.
This is at least a 2 weeks trial.
No, derp. Learn how to read.So, your counter is at least he got a phony trial?
Manafort's defense team attempts mission impossible
His legal team is mounting a case to exonerate him in Virginia — an uphill battle, experienced attorneys say.
Argument 1: It's all Rick's fault
Argument 2: Manafort was too busy to cheat the tax man
Argument 3: Manafort came clean years ago — and no one said he broke the law
Potential Argument 1: Manafort's luxury expenses were legitimate
Potential Argument 2: That email says it's from Manafort, but is it?
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/06/manafort-trial-defense-mueller-760452
Cohen is going to flip. Non-issue.
You're doing the troll thing, Chris.
Nope. Michael Avenatti and Tom Arnold are waiting in the wings. It's happening.
You're doing the troll thing, Chris.
Gates says he embezzled $100Ks from Manafort
Yup, Mueller's star witness just admitted he has ZERO credibility.
he stated so on the record?Yup, Mueller's star witness just admitted he has ZERO credibility.
Boutons good now.
ahahahahahaha!
What follows is taken from the transcript:
“Look at me when you’re talking to me,’’ Ellis said to Andres.
“I’m sorry, judge, I was,’’ Andres said.
“No, you weren’t,’’ Ellis said. “You were looking down.’’
“Because I don’t want to get in trouble for some facial expression,’’ the prosecutor said. “I don’t want to get yelled at again by the court for having some facial expression when I’m not doing anything wrong, but trying my case.’’
Ellis said to another prosecutor: “You must be quiet.’’
“I’m sorry, judge,’’ Andres said.
“Well, I understand how frustrated you are. In fact, there’s tears in your eyes right now.’’
“There are not tears in my eyes, Judge,’’ Andres said.
“Well, they’re watery,’’ Ellis said. “Look, I want you to focus sharply on what you need to prove -- to prove the crime. And I don’t understand what a lot of these questions have to do with it.’
https://politics.theonion.com/defiant-manafort-enters-trial-wearing-coat-made-of-live-1828140425
Man, you really haven't been paying attention to this thing, have you?
Thousands of agents working 24/7
Millions of taxpayers dollars spent
And Muller team’s evidence on Manafort trial: his collection of expensive yet horrible clothing
Apparently when they raided Manaforts house most time was spent taking pictures of his closet
SO will Manafort be found not guilty?
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The extraordinary bias of the judge in the Manafort trial
The performance of U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III in the trial of Paul Manafort on bank fraud and tax evasion charges
has been decidedly unusual.
During the trial, Ellis intervened regularly, and
mainly against one side: the prosecution.
The judge's interruptions occurred in the presence of the jury and on matters of substance, not courtroom conduct.
He disparaged the prosecution's evidence,
misstated its legal theories,
even implied that prosecutors had disobeyed his orders when they had not.
For now, we have only the extraordinary evidence of Ellis's conduct during the 12-day trial.
The judge continually interrupted the prosecution's questioning of witnesses,
prompting lead prosecutor Greg Andres to pointedly note:
"Your honor stops us and asks us to move on."
Ellis pressed the prosecution to rush through testimony about important financial do ents.
He made critical comments about prosecution evidence and strategy — all in front of the jury.
Ellis also questioned the relevance of Manafort's work as a political consultant for Russian-backed politicians in Ukraine,
for which he was paid tens of millions of dollars from 2010 to 2014.
But if Manafort didn't disclose some payments because he was not registered in the United States as a foreign agent,
it would provide a motive to hide the amounts from the U.S. government — just what the trial was about.
Ellis chided prosecutors for eliciting testimony about Manafort's lavish lifestyle,
but that kind of testimony is also a classic element in a tax-evasion case.
That your cars, boats, condos and clothing suggest you made much more income than you reported would surely be relevant.
After prosecutor Uzo Asonye questioned a bank employee about Manafort's failed attempt to obtain a $5.5 million construction loan on a Brooklyn brownstone, the judge — unprompted by a defense objection — declared:
"You might want to spend time on a loan that was granted."
The comment strongly implied to jurors that the prosecution was wasting their time.
But an attempt to defraud was part of the conspiracy count
in the indictment; false representation to secure a loan, successful or not, is itself a crime.
Clearly worried about its outcome, prosecutors went so far as to
urge Ellis to tell the jury, in his instructions before they began deliberating, not to let his commentary affect their decision-making. Ellis essentially did just that on Wednesday.
It may well have been too little too late.
The potential for judges to influence juries is so great that
courts often caution jurors against reading too much into a judge's subtle nonverbal behaviors, a nod of the head, a smile or a frown. Jurors do it anyway.
Legal scholars study whether judges' conduct on the bench influences juries — and reliably find that it does.
We know next to nothing about this jury.
Seeking to expedite matters, Ellis impaneled the Manafort jury in a single day.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...nl_most&wpmm=1
Ellis is a Repug judege appointed by St Ronnie.
Very clear why Repugs/oligarchy are ramming through in bunches, polluting the Federal judiciary with hack politicians in robes, since most law is made at Federal district and Federal appeal level, not by SCOTUS
Lock her up
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