The judge who will sentence Paul Manafort has previously challenged the scope of Mueller's probe
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will have his sentence in a financial fraud case decided Thursday afternoon by U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria, Virginia.
Ellis presided over Manafort’s case last summer. The evidence at the time revealed that Manafort covered up millions of dollars through accounts abroad and lied to banks in order to get millions of additional dollars in loans. Prosecutors accused Manafort of greediness and a belief that he was above the law.
During Manafort’s trial, Ellis displayed his outspoken nature by unabashedly interrupting and scolding lawyers. "We don't want anyone in this country with unfettered power," Ellis told federal investigators in court at the time."It's unlikely you're going to persuade me the special prosecutor has power to do anything he or she wants. The American people feel pretty strongly that no one has unfettered power."
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