https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-07/manafort-judge-to-prosecutor-there-s-tears-in-your-eyes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/08/08/paul-manafort-trial-day-7-live-coverage/?utm_term=.1df649d793b5

12:31 p.m.: Judge again spars with prosecutors

After a lengthy break, Judge T.S. Ellis III again sparred with prosecutors over the pace of the trial and evidence they want to admit. The heated argument has been a common occurrence at the trial.

The latest dispute centered on charts prosecutors want to show jurors demonstrating the flow of money from Manafort’s offshore accounts to specific purchases he made in the U.S. They intend to do so as they question the next witness, FBI accountant Morgan Magionos.

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Ellis ultimately agreed to let Andres question Magionos, though he warned he would be on a short leash and he would consider objections from the defense at his bench as the testimony proceeded.

“Judges should be patient. They made a mistake when they confirmed me,” Ellis quipped.

As jurors were about to be led into the courtroom, Ellis then remarked that he would not let the FBI’s accountant read certain emails from Paul Manafort that prosecutors want jurors to hear. Andres said he hoped to address that issue later in the afternoon. With jurors walking into the courtroom, Ellis thundered that he had read the prosecutors’ brief and seemed to imply he considered the matter decided. He said one previous court decision they were relying on contained only a “a throwaway line” to support their argument.

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needs some scrutiny. Is HIS bank account suddenly fatter? This is very unusual behavior for a judge to exhibit. He is starting to appear more and more compromised.

This is off the rails bizarre at this point.

file a writ of mandamus to get this judge off the case?

Bizarre. This judge is making this out to be about himself and he is turning into the story. Suspicious!