https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4463437/5-15-18-Opinion-Manafort-Motion-to-Dismiss.pdf Link to the opinion ^^ This is not the same judge that was giving Mueller's team a weird time in...
This is not the same judge that was giving Mueller's team a weird time in E.D. Virginia. However, it does tackle the same issues.
I also believe the only reason Manafort bothered filing motions for dismissal predicated on "this is the wrong prosecutor" is to gun for a pardon. It's more political theater to bolster the current White House's chances in an impeachment process than it is a valid legal tool to save his own skin.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4463437/5-15-18-Opinion-Manafort-Motion-to-Dismiss.pdf
Link to the opinion ^^
This is not the same judge that was giving Mueller's team a weird time in E.D. Virginia. However, it does tackle the same issues.
I also believe the only reason Manafort bothered filing motions for dismissal predicated on "this is the wrong prosecutor" is to gun for a pardon. It's more political theater to bolster the current White House's chances in an impeachment process than it is a valid legal tool to save his own skin.