Manafort Judge to Prosecutor: ‘There’s Tears in Your Eyes’
- Judge tells prosecutor to ‘look at me when you’re talking’
- Right-hand man Gates returns to witness stand on Tuesday
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Tensions at the Paul Manafort fraud trial grew so heated Monday that the judge suggested that one of Robert Mueller’s prosecutors was crying during a discussion out of the jury’s earshot, according to a transcript of the proceedings.
“I understand how frustrated you are,” U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III said during the discussion. “In fact, there’s tears in your eyes right now.’’