Manafort sentencing today by Judge T.S. "Showboat" Ellis.

[Miles Archer]

President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will be sentenced by a U.S. judge in Virginia on Thursday for bank and tax fraud uncovered during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis could deliver effectively a life sentence to Manafort, 69, if he follows federal sentencing guidelines cited by prosecutors that call for 19-1/2 to 24 years in prison for the eight charges the veteran Republican political consultant was convicted of by a jury in Alexandria last August.

The sentencing hearing is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. (2030 GMT)

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/manafort-faces-24-years-sentencing/

[mucifer]

1. no more ostrich suits

[Jarqui]

2. If Trump rips the judge in a tweet today,

we can hope that he might experience a little Karma one day soon

[empedocles]

3. 'If trump rips the judge today', could be interpreted as a pardoon message.

[Jarqui]

7. If he pardons criminals who helped him commit crimes,

a NY state judge is not gong to be very sympathetic when he comes before them for bank/insurance fraud, Trump foundation, etc

[empedocles]

8. Pardons of people like Manafort and Stone - may not fly.

[Jarqui]

9. I've heard that but I'm not clear how solid that is either

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. He has a lot to tweet about. A judge with the same name as a bad poet ...

... who wrote about The Love Shack of J. Alfred Proof Rocks

[manor321]

5. Can't wait, but Judge Ellis is an ass. Needs to resign.

[Miles Archer]

6. Yeah, if he makes today's sentencing about Judge Ellis, he can take a flying leap

I'm of the opinion that the only thing we need to know about a judge is their sentencing record and political leanings. Once they bring "personality" into it and we start seeing kabuki theater, I'm wishing for a different judge.