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In reply to the discussion: Judge Ellis is inserting himself into the Manafort trial in a very juvenile fashion. [View all]PJMcK
(22,034 posts)32. Really? Are you sure?
You might be wrong. According to Wikipedia:
Thomas Selby Ellis III (born May 15, 1940) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, appointed by Ronald Reagan.
There's a bit more at his Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Ellis_III
While Judge Ellis may be a conservative Republican, there isn't any evidence that he has a bias towards Trump.
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Judge Ellis is inserting himself into the Manafort trial in a very juvenile fashion. [View all]
onecaliberal
Aug 2018
OP
If you want something to not be a distraction you can help by ignoring it. n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2018
#5
Barbara McQuade (attorney, now on Rachel's show) is pointing out what is unusual about this
spooky3
Aug 2018
#6
Judge stepped way over line in injecting his personal opinion comment about Gates
wishstar
Aug 2018
#13
At 78, he could easily be suffering from early stage dementia. Becoming irritable &
tblue37
Aug 2018
#31
The guest just nailed my fear: "the effect on the jury". Yea, his rulings might be correct but
UTUSN
Aug 2018
#14
"they see a judge berating and screaming almost always at ONE side?!1" - much of that...
PoliticAverse
Aug 2018
#19
This was said in front of the jury during cross examination of gates by Manafort's attorney.
emulatorloo
Aug 2018
#24
Yesterday I got troubled by this judge's judicial 'behaviour' in the courtroom.
sprinkleeninow
Aug 2018
#28
We'll know better when we see how he treats the defense when they start presenting their case. n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2018
#29
Gates isn't on trial, Manafort is and if he's found innocent he clearly cannot be retried.
onecaliberal
Aug 2018
#21
He's specifically been preventing the prosecution from doing things that might have been appeal-able.
PoliticAverse
Aug 2018
#22
But the point is only the defense can appeal on these grounds- if he hobbled the defense...
bettyellen
Aug 2018
#30
This is not what judges do, according to other state attorneys. I will take their word for it.
onecaliberal
Aug 2018
#37