Posted on 08/10/2018 6:41:41 PM PDT by onyx
After days of being dressed down by the judge overseeing the Paul Manafort case, federal prosecutors sought Thursday to put their foot down -- filing a motion complaining that Judge T.S. Ellis III had unfairly admonished them in front of the jury.
Ellis has memorably and repeatedly criticized Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team during the trial for the former Trump campaign chairman. On Wednesday, Ellis ripped into prosecutors for letting a witness, IRS Agent Michael Welsh, sit in the courtroom before his testimony.
But in a five-page motion filed Thursday, Mueller deputy Andrew Weissmann and other attorneys on the team claimed Ellis had actually granted permission earlier in the trial for the witness to remain in the room during proceedings.
“The court’s reprimand of government counsel suggested to the jury—incorrectly—that the government had acted improperly and in contravention of court rules,” the prosecutors wrote. “This prejudice should be cured.”
Ellis responded by expressing regret in court Thursday.
“This robe doesn’t make me anything other than human,” Ellis said.
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Boo Freakin HOO.
Witnesses should ALWAYS be sequestered! Filthy, pampered fedbeasts. And the Court can change rulings as things develop and are appropriate.
What’s the problem?
Did the judge threaten to put one of his lawyers in the corner with a Dunce Hat?
If the prosecution would own their mistakes; there probably wouldn’t be a case.
Oh, BS. That would have been so irregular as to constitute grounds for the defense asking for a new trial right there. What was the prosecution even thinking? Why would they try to pull a fast one like that.
But suborning perjury by Tick Gates is acceptable
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww poor Mueller..he doesn’t like the judge..Hey Mueller, now you know how President Trump feels being railroaded by YOU
filing a motion complaining that Judge T.S. Ellis III had unfairly admonished them in front of the jury.
I don’t care who you are that sting’s.... On the phone to hilly, its OK stall stall till we find another broke ho...I am sick if this, Mr President its embarrassing...
I don’t quite understand this. It’s completely fundamental that you do not allow witnesses to sit in on procedings that occur prior to their testimony. Very simply, you don’t want a witness who is ready to testify that he/she saw “X” hear a prosecutor say they are ready to prove “Y” 2-3 times before they testify. You just don’t; it’s too easy to pollute of subtly influence the testimony of the witness. Why Judge Ellis would have allowed this is unfathomable.
Now Mueller wants to go after a federal judge?! Good luck, scumbag.
I smell desperation.
Well that’s an excellent question, but again we aren’t hearing that Ellis denied it either. Could this have been something a flustered Ellis actually did grant? But again, even a belated motion for a retrial would seem to make sense here.
Muleface and the freak show are not allowed to throw poo-balls at everyone.
Totally unfair!
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Who do you think you are? I’m Robert Mueller. YOU are a peon. What right do you have to reprimand ME? I will destroy you.
Because their case sucks.
Ayo, lesson here, Bey. You come at the king, you best not miss.
They didn’t get a rubber stamp Obama judge and they is sad.
In “cross” Mannafort’s attorney will ask the witness who was in the courtroom while testimony was being given if he or she was in the courtroom and did they hear testimony being before they were called to testify. They will answer yes. Mannafort’s attorney will turn to the Judge and ask that any and all testimony given by the witness who was in the courtroom be stricken from court records and request the jury be instructed to disregard that testimony. Watch Mueller’s head explode!
Hm, possible
“Weissmann”
If this creep is on the prosecutorial team, there is no criticism of them by the judge that would be over the line (IMHO).
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