Trump's fave judge to Manafort: jail you're going to knows how to handle traitors

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So the judge that Trump praised at a NRA rally (for giving Mueller a tongue-lashing) just gave Manafort a hilarious dressing down.

But first we need to know how we got here.

Last week, Manafort's lawyers were publicizing the fact that Manafort was in solitary confinement 23 hours a day, trying to create public sentiment that it was unfair for Manafort to be in prison because it hindered his ability to mount a legal defense.

Well, Mueller said, "Fuck that shit." and gave the judge transcripts of Manafort bragging (on monitored phone calls) about the VIP treatment he was receiving in his private cell that was really more of a private suite.

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4594533/7-11-18-US-Oppo-Manafort-Motion-to-Continue.pdf

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/mu...afort-hes-caught-boasting-vip-treatment-jail/

His attorneys have complained about the conditions at Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, where he’s being held 23 hours a day in solitary confinement for his own protection.

But the new filing reveals a jailhouse phone call recording where Manafort boasts about the special privileges he enjoys as he waits for his scheduled trial to start July 25.

“Among the unique privileges Manafort enjoys at the jail are a private, self-contained living unit, which is larger than other inmates’ units, his own bathroom and shower facility, his own personal telephone, and his own workspace to prepare for trial,” prosecutors said in their filing. “Manafort is also not required to wear a prison uniform. On the monitored prison phone calls, Manafort has mentioned that he is being treated like a ‘VIP.'”

Mueller’s team also notified the court that Manafort has apparently developed a “workaround” for sending emails from jail, which is forbidden at Warsaw, by reading and drafting messages on a separate laptop transported in and out of jail by his lawyers.

Around the same time, his lawyers filed a panicked motion to prevent Manafort from being transferred out of the VIP suite that they were trying to portray as 23 hours of hell.

The judge said, "Shut your idiot word hole, you're going to a real prison."

(I guess the lawyers thought their complaining would result in Manafort being released instead of just transferred to another prison.)

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profil...-how-to-handle-terrorists-traitors-and-spies/

Judge to Manafort: Don’t Worry, the Jail You’re Going to Knows How to Handle Terrorists, Traitors and Spies

The legal saga of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort took another turn Wednesday as Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) Judge T.S. Ellis has denied his bid to stay put at the jail he is currently residing at. Instead, he will be moved from a jail in Warsaw, Va. to the Alexandria Detention Center.

Manafort’s attorneys expressed concerns later Tuesday that moving him from Northern Neck Regional Jail to Alexandria would put their client’s safety in jeopardy. Ellis’ response? Don’t worry, they know how to handle terrorists (foreign and domestic), traitors and spies — and, also, you haven’t specified any threats to Manafort’s safety.

“Defense counsel has filed a motion opposing [Manafort’s] transfer from Northern Neck to Alexandria, despite having just complained about the defendant being housed at Northern Neck,” he began. “In the motion, defense counsel states that ‘issues of distance and inconvenience must yield to concerns about [Manafort’s] safety and, more importantly, the challenges he will face in adjusting to a new place of confinement and the changing circumstances.'”

“However, defense counsel has not identified any general or specific threat to defendant’s safety,” he continued. “They have not done so, because the professionals at Alexandria Detention Center are very familiar with housing high-profile defendants, including foreign and domestic terrorists, spies and traitors.”

He went on to say these kinds of defendants have been “housed safely” as they waited for their trials.

For context, Manafort’s lawyers had argued that being 100 miles away from their client was affecting their ability to prepare for trial. In response, Ellis ordered Manafort to be moved to Alexandria where he would be closer to his legal team. By Tuesday night, though, Manafort opposed the order and the judge replied with the words you read above.

He also delivered a bit of a zinger in a footnote:

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Manafort’s lawyers have tried to have his Virginia trial moved to Roanoke, where the media noise is significantly lessened and the political demographics more favorable to Republicans.

Joyce Vance, University of Alabama Law Professor and federal prosecutor of 25 years, suggested that this is Manafort’s real goal. If so, it makes one wonder why Manafort’s complained in the first place about the long distance relationship. Roanoke is even farther away from Alexandria.

Ellis said Tuesday that his order to move Manafort was to ensure that Manafort “has access to his counsel and can adequately prepare his defense.” Manafort’s attorneys had said that the 100-mile distance between them and their client was having a “severe impact” on their ability to prepare, unlike when Manafort was under house arrest in Alexandria, Va.:

The Northern Neck Regional Jail is located approximately 100 miles away from Mr. Manafort’s attorneys’ offices and it generally takes over two hours each way by car for counsel to visit with him. No electronic communication is permitted (e.g., to allow for the transmission of documents for Mr. Manafort to review), and telephonic communication is restricted to ten (10) minutes per call. This unforeseen development has severely impacted the ability of the defense to effectively prepare for the upcoming trial before this Court.

More specifically, Mr. Manafort’s current detention has made meetings with his attorneys to prepare his defense far more infrequent and enormously time-consuming compared to when he remained on house arrest and subject to GPS monitoring in Alexandria, Virginia, pursuant to this Court’s release order.​

Even though Manafort’s lawyers complained about the long distance and the judge responded by, well, reducing that distance, they weren’t pleased with the decision because of “safety” reasons.

“In light of Mr. Manafort’s continuing detention and after further reflection, issues of distance and inconvenience must yield to concerns about his safety and, more importantly, the challenges he will face in adjusting to a new place of confinement and the changing circumstances two weeks before trial,” they said. “With these considerations in mind, Mr. Manafort respectfully asks the court to permit him to remain in his current place of detention.”

I'm enjoying watching a rich, corrupt criminal complain that jail is getting in the way of his daily activities.
 
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This is a case of sometimes you just need to "sit your @$$ down and keep your D@mn mouth shut."

He talked himself out of a private cell to only be moved in with Fleece Johnson...

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Trump and his lackeys have routinely shown, they are terrible at hiring attorneys.
 


Here's more info about the VIP suite he's leaving:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...d-face-evidence-from-1980s-idUSKBN1K12RI?il=0

Far from being restrictive, prosecutors said Manafort had been given a personal telephone in his cell, which he used for more than 300 calls with attorneys and others over the past three weeks, and found a workaround to the jail’s ban on email.

Prosecutors also cited taped phone calls from prison in which Manafort remarked that he was being treated like a “VIP” and had access to “all my files like I would at home.”

Manafort was also afforded his own bathroom, shower and workspace, according to the court filing by Mueller’s office.
 
ROFL. THIS JAIL SUCK. So you can go to real prison, no problem. OOOPS
 
Manafort right now.

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Nah, just a low level covfefe boy who hung around for a short while. Trump wouldn't even recognize his face.

Ya this is what I was thinking... Like a campaign manager has any real access to the candidate or president anyway. I mean does anyone really KNOW their campaign manager or personal lawyer? Probably saw them in the hallways and waved but likely never spoke to Manafort or Cohen.
 
Ya this is what I was thinking... Like a campaign manager has any real access to the candidate or president anyway. I mean does anyone really KNOW their campaign manager or personal lawyer? Probably saw them in the hallways and waved but likely never spoke to Manafort or Cohen.
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So the judge that Trump praised at a NRA rally (for giving Mueller a tongue-lashing) just gave Manafort a hilarious dressing down.

But first we need to know how we got here.

Last week, Manafort's lawyers were publicizing the fact that Manafort was in solitary confinement 23 hours a day, trying to create public sentiment that it was unfair for Manafort to be in prison because it hindered his ability to mount a legal defense.

Well, Mueller said, "Fuck that shit." and gave the judge transcripts of Manafort bragging (on monitored phone calls) about the VIP treatment he was receiving in his private cell that was really more of a private suite.

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4594533/7-11-18-US-Oppo-Manafort-Motion-to-Continue.pdf

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/mu...afort-hes-caught-boasting-vip-treatment-jail/



Around the same time, his lawyers filed a panicked motion to prevent Manafort from being transferred out of the VIP suite that they were trying to portray as 23 hours of hell.

The judge said, "Shut your idiot word hole, you're going to a real prison."

(I guess the lawyers thought their complaining would result in Manafort being released instead of just transferred to another prison.)

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profil...-how-to-handle-terrorists-traitors-and-spies/



I'm enjoying watching a rich, corrupt criminal complain that jail is getting in the way of his daily activities.

Joe, the judge said "the professionals at Alexandria Detention Center are very familiar with housing high-profile defendants, including foreign and domestic terrorists, spies and traitors.” He didn't say "...traitors like you," or something like that (which of course would probably get him removed from the case). In context, his comment was to suggest that Manafort would be safe from third-party attacks.

BTW, I don't care about Manafort that much (only to the extent that his prosecution appears to be entirely vindictive). But boy, if his trial ends in acquittal, you are going to look really silly.
 
Joe, the judge said "the professionals at Alexandria Detention Center are very familiar with housing high-profile defendants, including foreign and domestic terrorists, spies and traitors.” He didn't say "...traitors like you," or something like that (which of course would probably get him removed from the case). In context, his comment was to suggest that Manafort would be safe from third-party attacks.

BTW, I don't care about Manafort that much (only to the extent that his prosecution appears to be entirely vindictive). But boy, if his trial ends in acquittal, you are going to look really silly.

That's right: the judge said the jail had experience dealing with people like Manafort.
 
Has a campaign manager from a successful presidential campaign ever been indicted before or is this a first?
 
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