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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney, David Cooke, requested Tuesday, a special prosecutor be appointed to handle a 16-defendant multi-jurisdictional racketeering case indicted by Bibb County grand jurors last week.
“In light of the concerns raised in the past week about this case, and considering my ethical duty as district attorney, I have disqualified the Macon Judicial Circuit from prosecuting it,” Cooke said. “An independent prosecutor appointed from outside the jurisdiction will help ensure public confidence that this case is handled fairly and objectively.”
The Georgia Attorney General’s Office will now appoint a special prosecutor to handle the case.
the government, and that his 2014 tax return was, quote, false. back with us is barbara mcquade, who not only is a former u.s. attorney, she was in court for today s readings. we can t thank her enough for staying late to talk about it with us. barbara, what does the jury make of this thing thus far? we ve gone from are ostrich jackets to mention of four extramarital affairs to a man they know is the star witness. one of the things today i thought was a great recovery day for the government. after sort of this roller coaster ride of rick gates on the stand, they had sort of a stomach soothing day with these two experts. the forensic accountant and the irs revenue agent who did a very nice job, rather tedious presentation, but went through charts that they had compiled that showed very meticulously thats it was paul manafort who controlled these accounts overseas, that wire transfers went from the accounts to buy his luxury goods, the suits, the rugs, the car, the homes, and all of th
two experts. the forensic accountant and the irs revenue agent who did a very nice job, rather tedious presentation, but went through charts that they had compiled that showed very meticulously thats it was paul manafort who controlled these accounts overseas, that wire transfers went from the accounts to buy his luxury goods, the suits, the rugs, the car, the homes, and all of those things, and that this income did not show up on his income tax return. so i thought that was very methodical. it was exactly what they needed after hearing from rick gates. you know, they often refer to that as if the cooperator sandwich, you want to put the cooperator whose testimony is likely to be risky in the middle of the case. that seems to be exactly what the government is doing. and i want to ask you about this federal judge again. well talked about him last night. but the question is what did this judge do today that got your attention and why? well, one of the things he did today, again, is i
we ve gone from ostrich jackets to mention of four extramarital affairs for a man they know is the star witness. one of the things today i thought was a great recovery day for the government. after sort of this roller coaster ride of rick gates on the stand, they had sort of a stomach-soothing day with these two experts. the forensic accountant and the irs revenue agent, who did a very nice job, rather tedious presentation, but went through charts that they had compiled that showed very meticulously that it was paul manafort who controlled these accounts overseas, that wire transfers went from those accounts to buy his luxury goods, the suits, the rugs, the car, the homes, and all of those things, and that this income did not show up on his income tax return. so i thought that was very methodical. it was exactly what they needed after hearing from rick gates. you know, they often refer to that as the cooperator sandwich. you want to put the cooperator whose testimony is likely to be
the financial crimes, charges facing the former trump campaign chairman. yesterday the prosecution asked an irs revenue agent to provide a grand total of all the business income that paul manafort did not report on his income tax returns between 2010 and 2014. the answer? $16,471,000,000,000. he spent it on clothes, houses, antiques and home improvements. what many legal experts say should be a slam dunk for special counsel rahm emanuel, namely, a cranky judge and a flawed witness. joining me in alexandria, barbara mcquade. she is also an msnbc contributor. you have been sitting in on this trial. i m just curious, what s going on with judge ellis? is it normal the way he is going after the prosecution?