district of virginia or it can be prosecuted by the special counsel depending on how the jurisdictional statement is written. and i am pretty sure that mr. mueller would not have brought those charges if they weren t within what he had been assigned by mr. rosenstein. but it won t help mr. manafort if for some reason the judge decides that mueller cannot charge him with these crimes. then the eastern district can. crimes have been committed, the grand jury found enough evidence to say he should stand trial and he should stand trial. and jill, are judges allowed to consider the likelihood that charges will lead to potential impeachment in a case like this? absolutely not. there is a charge of a criminal act in the state of virginia that vi lays federal law. and that s all he should be looking at. it is outrageous he is questioning the motive of prosecutors.
returns from his home in virginia. and he didn t report the income he got from his work in the ukraine. so he failed to pay federal taxes on that money. and that is a crime that occurred when he filed in virginia. so that s why that is there. and it can be prosecuted by the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia or it can be prosecuted by the special counsel depending on how the jurisdictional statement is written. and i am pretty sure that mr. mueller would not have brought those charges if they weren t within what he had been assigned by mr. rosenstein. but it won t help mr. manafort if for some reason the judge decides that mueller cannot charge him with these crimes. then the eastern district can. crimes have been committed, the grand jury found enough evidence to say he should stand trial and he should stand trial. and jill, are judges allowed to consider the likelihood that
today, a federal judge in virginia expressed skepticism whether special counsel mueller the authority to bring charges against manafort that were not directly related to collusion. of course, trump loved that the jung was tough on the prosecutors. but the judge did not issue his ruling today whether any of those charges will be dismissed. the question is, what does today s hearing mean for the mueller probe. to help us answer that question and more, i m joined by legal analyst jill wine-banks, form area siftent watergate special prosecutor and harry sen dick in the criminal division for the southern district of new york. harry, i m going to come to you first. tell me about this judge. judge ellis is a judge in the eastern district of virginia right outside washington, d.c. on the bench for about 30 years. appointed by president reagan in the 1980s. he had the johnny walker lindh case which an cleaned some notoriety in the years after. the american taliban case. exactly. the ameri
it s a witch hunt. if you re wondering how closely donald trump is following the impending criminal trial of his one-time campaign chairman paul manafort, wonder no more. that was trump reading from a news report handed him just before his nra speech. during a hearing in the case today, a federal judge in virginia expressed skepticism whether special counsel mueller had the authority to bring charges against manafort that were not directly related to collusion. of course, trump loved that the jung was tough on the prosecutors. but the judge did not issue his ruling today whether any of those charges will be dismissed. the question is, what does today s hearing mean for the mueller probe. to help us answer that question and more, i m joined by legal analyst jill wine-banks, form assistant watergate special prosecutor and harry sen dick in the criminal division for the southern district of new york. harry, i m going to come to you first. tell me about this judge. donald trump seems to
southern district of new york. harry, i m going to come to you first. tell me about this judge. judge ellis is a judge in the eastern district of virginia right outside washington, d.c. on the bench for about 30 years. appointed by president rag in the you 1980s. he had the johnny walker lindh case which an cleaned 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 outspoke everyone had 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. tr