Meet the Judge Presiding Over the Manafort and Gates Case
- Paul Manafort, his business partner, head back to courtroom
- Judge has ruled on Benghazi, Fast-and-Furious, Jackson Jr.
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When ex-Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner, Rick Gates, appear in court Thursday, it will be their first appearance before the judge who’ll preside over their money laundering and conspiracy case: a Harvard Law School graduate appointed by President Barack Obama.
In just six years on the bench, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has a record on hot-button issues that might cause President Donald Trump’s already overheated Twitter feed to burst into flames.