Virginia judge rules against Paul Manafort, will let fraud case continue

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23. It's stupefyingly stupid.

He decries the Special Counsel investigation as inserting partisanship into the process when, in fact, the Special Counsel was selected specifically to avoid partisanship that would be inherent if the investigation was left in the hands of the DOJ of the administration that allegedly benefitted from (and possibly was a participant in) the election interference being investigated.

And a "bipartisan" commission is a singularly bad idea. By its very nature it blesses a partisan approach, with each side reaching their own conclusions as to whether there is probable cause that crimes have been committed and then leaving the decision as to whether to proceed in the hands of the DOJ that is going to be associated with one of the parties.

I know that judges sometimes like to get on a soapbox, but this was a major swing and a miss.