Judge T.S. Ellis III, who is in the news for presiding over the Paul Manafort trial, is also known by court insiders and watchers to be somewhat salty in the courtroom and will frequently “scold” attorneys arguing before him.
And he’s not above calling out members of the media as well, apparently.
Here’s Rachel Weiner of the Washington Post who got on Judge Ellis’ bad side when she, in her own words, “stupidly” joked with him in a back-and-forth while he was bashing the press for caring more about Manafort than the opioid crisis:
Today in Judge Ellis news — was in his courtroom for sentencing of a fentanyl dealer, an awful case: one girl he introduced to heroin died, another almost did. Ellis repeatedly complained that the press wasn't there, that they only come for the "titillating" political stuff …
— Rachel Weiner (@rachelweinerwp) December 14, 2018
Finally, AUSA Jim Trump points out that there is a reporter in the room. So Ellis asks me to stand up and say why I'm there, I say I do think the story is important, and (stupidly) joke that I'm a little offended he didn't recognize me.
— Rachel Weiner (@rachelweinerwp) December 14, 2018
Result: A two or three minute lecture on how I shouldn't be "flippant," when these victims' family members have spoken so powerfully, and that it's now my responsibility to do better in print. Anyway, now I can say I too have been yelled at by Judge Ellis.
— Rachel Weiner (@rachelweinerwp) December 14, 2018
Ouch. But he does have a point on the press ignoring everything else that’s going on, no?
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