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Federal judge in Manafort case says Mueller’s goal is ‘prosecution or impeachment’ of Trump


A federal judge in the trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort said he does not really believe that special counsel Robert Mueller cares about Manafort’s alleged bank fraud.
Instead, the judge argued, Mueller’s sole objective is the “prosecution or impeachment” of President Donald Trump.
What’s the background?
During a hearing for Manafort on Friday in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis accused prosecutor Michael Dreeben and Mueller of going after Manafort in order to “tighten the screws” on Trump.
“You don’t really care about Mr. Manafort’s bank fraud,” Ellis told Dreeben. “What you really care about is what information Mr. …read more

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