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Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann leaned on a ruling from Judge T.S. Ellis III, the judge who oversaw Manafort’s trial in the Eastern District of Virginia this month.
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Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann leaned on a ruling from Judge T.S. Ellis III, the judge who oversaw Manafort’s trial in the Eastern District of Virginia this month.
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“Judge Ellis explained that substantial media attention does not, by itself, warrant a change in venue,” Weissman wrote.
Jurors will be drawn from a large enough jury pool, Ellis wrote then, that nothing about the publicity Manafort identified as a problem...
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Jurors will be drawn from a large enough jury pool, Ellis wrote then, that nothing about the publicity Manafort identified as a problem...
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"...suggested that impartial jurors cannot be found through an exacting voir dire process.” Weissmann also dismissed concerns that a jury pool in Washington, D.C. might be too liberal leaning. Manafort raised the concern in his request to change venues in Washington and AX.
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“Political leanings are not, by themselves, evidence that those jurors cannot fairly and impartially consider the evidence presented and apply the law as instructed by the court,” Weissmann quoted Ellis.
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