Politico: Judge concedes fault after Mueller protest, Airbnb exec takes the stand
Prosecutors say a back and forth over an expert witness in front of the jury could have left a negative impression in their minds.
The judge in the Paul Manafort trial has been making news himself for snapping numerous times at the prosecutors. As legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin put it today, “We should be honest about federal judges. Judge Ellis is a nasty old crank.” Today the judge admitted he made a mistake, chastising the government attornies when he shouldn’t have saying, “This robe doesn’t make me anything other than human.”