Manafort Trial

Updated,

8.17.18 @ 9:28 am:

Manafort jury asks judge to define reasonable doubt.  You can read up on the latter part of the trial, and perhaps much more at Techno Fog.

The reason reasonable doubt may come into play is based a bit on what I saw on Techno Fog.  Manafort might be innocent.  This could be a railroad job.

Originally posted 8.8.18 @ 9 am:

It was a circuitous route, but I found how to get some news about the Manafort Trial.  First from Instapundit, a link to a pj media site ( liz shield ), who mentions a twitter site (techno fog ) ,where a running commentary is tweeted.

Whew!

A short view of that shows that  Gates' credibility is taking a beating.  Gates is the star witness against Manafort.

But it is a jury, and this jury is from Alexandria Virginia, which is close to DC.  A tough sell for Manafort, in my opinion.

A further reading shows that Gates embezzled money from Manafort.  Question:  Is this why Gates is testifying against Manafort?  In order to get immunity for this?

The criminal justice system needs a bit of a overhaul, in my opinion.  An unscrupulous prosecutor can get a witness to say anything he wants simply by granting immunity.  Something wrong here, ya'll.

Another observation is how Judge Ellis keeps after the prosecution.  Ellis doesn't like these guys.

Well, Manafort is lucky that he has Ellis as a judge.  A different judge could let the prosecution run wild.

That's all for now.