Manafort judge says he's getting threats, has to travel with U.S. Marshals

Aug 17 2018 by VICE News

The controversial judge in the trial of President Trump’s ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort said he’s received threats and had to start traveling with bodyguards.

Judge T.S. Ellis’s disclosure came in response to a request by media outlets to reveal the names and addresses of the 12 jury members — six men and six women — which Ellis refused on the grounds of protecting their safety.

The jury, meanwhile, had a different sort of issue to air out. On their second day of deliberating...

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