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The judge in Paul Manafort's DC case is hearing sealed arguments starting at 10am on the special counsel's claim that Manafort lied after signing his plea deal. They've covered the little windows on the doors so you can't see in. A redacted transcript will come out after.
Latest dispatch from the exciting and glamorous world of legal journalism: Manafort's lawyers walked out of the courtroom, but they were just taking a quick break
We're now three hours into sealed arguments over whether Paul Manafort intentionally lied after signing his plea deal. The defense lawyers came out once early on for a quick break, and that's it
Update: There is now a one-hour break for lunch in today's Manafort sealed hearing. Manafort's lawyer Kevin Downing confirms Manafort *is* at the hearing
Manafort's lawyers and the special counsel office lawyers (Weissmann, Andres, and Rhee + AUSA Asonye) are back inside the courtroom now and they've locked the door, so we're back on
The sealed hearing in Paul Manafort's case ended just before 3:30pm. The lawyers politely nodded to the reporters waiting outside, but no info on what went down (there's still a gag order in place, you may recall). So they were before the judge for roughly 4.5 hours
NEW: The judge in Paul Manafort's DC case has rescheduled his sentencing to March 13 at 9:30 am (was previously March 5).
The judge also:
- ordered the parties to submit proposed redactions for releasing today's transcript by 2/6
- set *another* sealed hearing for 2/13
The judge also:
- ordered the parties to submit proposed redactions for releasing today's transcript by 2/6
- set *another* sealed hearing for 2/13
Given the additional sealed hearing set for Feb. 13 (supplemental submissions are due Feb. 8), it appears the judge is pushing back Manafort's scheduling so that she can deal with the plea deal breach issue first
