Back in May, T.S. Ellis, the veteran federal judge who is overseeing Paul Manafort’s first trial in Virginia, whipped the Fox News set into a frenzy when he seemed to berate prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller. “Federal judge accuses Mueller’s team of lying” was the headline Donald Trump’s favorite network went with, and his allies and even the president ran with it, as though finally a member of the judiciary had the temerity to stand up to the rigged witch hunt.
New York Magazine: Paul Manafort’s first trial is a sideshow. The next one won’t be
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), holds up a picture of Paul Manafort while questioning Deputy Assistant FBI Director Peter Strzok during a joint committee hearing of the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill July 12, 2018 in Washington, DC.
