“You don’t really care about Mr. Manafort,” U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III told Mueller’s team. “You really care about what information Mr. Manafort can give you to lead you to Mr. Trump and an impeachment, or whatever.”
Further, Ellis demanded to see the unredacted “scope memo,” a document outlining the scope of the special counsel’s Russia probe that congressional Republicans have also sought.
The judge also gave the government two weeks to hand over the unredacted “scope memo” or provide an explanation why not – after prosecutors were reluctant to do so, claiming it has material that doesn’t pertain to Manafort.
“I’ll be the judge of that,” Ellis said.
So this Judge is throwing a wrinkle into the Investigation.
I think this is the Best Line from the Judge and I agree with it.
“We don’t want anyone with unfettered power,” he said.
Not sure if the Judge is a Fan of Trump or not.
So let the slings and arrows fire away in here on him.
I heard someone commenting on this and noting that this judge has a tendency to be hardest on the side he ends up ruling in favor of, will be interesting to see how it plays out.
“How can you drain the swamp if you’re the one that keeps muddying the water? Your base probably might not care, but you should. I guess you’re too busy draining the swamp to ever stop and smell the stink you’re creating. That’s your doing. That’s your stink. Mr. President, that’s your swamp.” Neil Cavuto
