Manafort's Judge Under Federal Protection Due to Death Threats, Says He Fears For Jurors' Safety

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Aug. 17, 2018

The judge in Paul Manafort's case dared to question special counsel Robert Mueller's motives back in May and suggested he was only prosecuting Manafort to get to President Trump.

"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."

Today, we learned he's being inundated with death threats.

From The Daily Caller:
Judge T.S. Ellis III revealed in open court Friday that he has received death threats relating to his presiding over Paul Manafort’s trial for bank and tax fraud at a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.

The judge has since retained the protection of the U.S. Marshals Service.

“I have the marshal’s protection,” Ellis said. “I don’t even go to the hotel alone. I won’t even reveal the name of the hotel.”

“I had no idea this case excited this emotion in the public,” he added.


Ellis made the comments after a coalition of news organizations — including The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Associated Press, CNN, NBC, Politico and BuzzFeed — requested the names and addresses of jurors seated for Manafort’s case.

“There is no reason to believe that extraordinary circumstances exist that would justify keeping jurors’ names sealed — particularly after they have rendered their verdict,” their motion reads.

But Ellis disagreed, and rejected the motion for fear the jurors would be subject to the same harassment he has received.

“I don’t feel it’s right if I release their names,” he said.
I wonder who could possibly be behind these threats...



I'm guessing it's those Trump rallygoers who April Ryan said put Jim Acosta's life in jeopardy!

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