right outside washington, d.c. on the bench for about 30 years. appointed by president reagan in the late 1980s. he had the johnny walker lindh case which achieved some notoriety in the years after. >> the american taliban case. >> exactly. the american taliban. he's had high profile cases. and when you are dealing with a judge on the bench as long as he has, it's not surprising they're very outspoken in their kind of gut level views about a case. and they as judge ellis did today, will not hesitate to share those views with the government. it doesn't necessarily tell you where he's coming out. >> okay. >> judges need to make it look good. they need to show they're fair. >> when you hear judge ellis say he believes that the special counsel is only interested in manafort to squeeze him for information "that would reflect on mr. trump or lead to his impeachment and when he gos on to say prosecutors wanted mr. manafort to, quote, sing, but