Wait, is this federal judge saying prosecutors would bring a case against someone associated with Trump just to hurt Trump?
Get outta here.
NEWS: A federal judge blasted the bank fraud case against Manafort. “You don’t really care about Mr. Manafort’s bank fraud,” judge TS Ellis told prosecutors, saying that he thinks they are using the case to "get" Trump. (Reporting from @kpolantz at the federal courthouse.)
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) May 4, 2018
Crazy talk.
Although, to be fair …
Though interestingly, if you examine the syntax of what Judge Ellis said, he is assuming Manafort is guilty of bank fraud. If you read the indictment, there is a ton of evidence against Manafort, and now Gates is cooperating too. But ultimately, a jury will make that decision.
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) May 4, 2018
The fact a federal judge stated he though this case was brought against Manafort as an effort to ‘get Trump’ says a good deal.
Of course, it also sounds like Manafort could very well be guilty BUT it sounds like the judge may be questioning if this would even be on their radar if they weren’t trying to find something, anything, to hurt Trump?
I’m no lawyer but this seems like a hyper partisan statement from the judge that has nothing to do with the underlying case.
— Joel Amsterdam (@jamsterdam1) May 4, 2018
A hyper-partisan statement about a hyper-partisan case.
*shrug*
Welcome to 2018.
Judges say all kinds of things in court, quite often exactly what mortal people would say when looking at the same scenarios.
— Ron Coleman (@RonColeman) May 4, 2018
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The point is not to prosecute crimes, but to get leverage on people. It's a disgusting game of political power and legal corruption.
— gregkrehbiel (@gregkrehbiel) May 4, 2018
That.^
Totally inappropriate for a judge to say this. The govt puts pressure on people to get to the truth. If this were a drug case would the judge have said this also. This judge should apologize then recuse himself!
— Partisan Shade (@partisanshade) May 4, 2018
The responses from the Resistance types on this are HILARIOUS.
Wow. This judge sounds like a partisan Trumper. Judge seems not to care that Manafort committed bank fraud.
— Karl Darrin Devlet (@hesanihilist) May 4, 2018
That’s not what the judge said, Nancy.
So breaking the law is political now? Money Laundering isn’t a crime? It seems that it is the judge who doesn’t care about any of this. #TrumpCrimeFamily
— Pepper (@CitizenFromNC) May 4, 2018
Again, that’s not what the judge says.
Psh, the Left is so dramatic.
Nice objectivity, 'judge'
— Charles Hudson, radicalized recalcitrant globalist (@chasfhudson) May 4, 2018
And if this judge had somehow said this proves that Trump is corrupt this same whiners would be cheering him.
They’re so transparent.
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