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wear street clothes just like he did during the trial. yesterday the judge, the federal judge who presided over manafort s trial who will preside over the hearing ruled, quote, no. they are not entitled to appear in sentencing or any other hearing in street clothing. quote, this defendant should be treated no differently from other defendants. so judge ellis denies paul manafort s request to wear a suit tomorrow. he ll been in his jumpsuit, his green prison jumpsuit. the reason he s going to be in court tomorrow overall is the judge wants to know whether the special counsel s office plans to re-try manafort on the ten felony koupts the jury had deadlocked on in his earlier trial. the judge wants an answer from the prosecutors soon even though the mueller team isn t done getting information out of paul manafort now he has a cooperation deal with them. this week the special counsel s office said in a filing if they do have to make a decision now,
in court, really nice suits. the reason he was allow today wear those nice suits in his trial is because courts allow defendants to wear street clothes when they re on trial. so their appearance in a department of corrections jump suit doesn t end up improperly swaying the jury. you get to look innocent, too, by looking like a guy on the street. in paul manafort s case, that s a guy for an ad in an expensive suit. it s sort of the end of an era. paul manafort will be due back in court earlier this week in anticipation of tomorrow s hearing, manafort s lawyers asked the judge if manafort could please wear a suit. could he please wear street clothes, just like he did during the trial. yesterday, the judge, the federal judge who presided over the trial, ruled no. quote, defendants who are in custody post conviction are as a matter of fact course not entitled to appear for sentencing or any other hearing in street clothing.