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. trump or lead to his imetchment and goes on to say prosecutors wanted mr. manafort to sing but he worried that manafort might also compose that does not as a former prosecutor tell you uh-oh, this guy is going to dismiss this case. if i were the prosecutor i would rather him not have said these things but i wouldn t necessarily jump to that conclusion. he has to base his decision on the law. and we already saw that a judge in the district
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