On Manafort: Prosecutors issued their response to Judge Ellis order last week regarding the frmr Trump campaign chairman's sentencing date. Prosecutors said Ellis, obviously, has authority to set a date ASAP but - they point out - some courts like to wait until a defendant's...
total cooperation with authorities is complete. (Remember that plea deal in D.C.?) Onto the hung counts - to those, Asonye says govt would like to wait to resolve until cooperation is done or sentencing date, but could dismiss if they can reserve the right to charge again later.
Here's the response from prosecutors today: documentcloud.org/documents/5005…
