Judge Ellis in Manafort Case Denies Dox-Factory CNN's Demand for Juror Information; Says He Himself Has Been Threatened, and The Jurors Would Be As Well

Of course.

That was the point.

Also the point? Letting the jurors know that the media is very interested in digging up their identities, and will keep on trying.

The judge in Paul Manafort's fraud trial said Friday he has received threats over the case.

U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III made the comments as the jury deliberated for the second day, and as he rejected a motion to release information about the jurors. He said he's confident the jurors would be threatened as well if their information was public.

Ellis said that because of the threats against him, he travels with U.S. Marshals.

"The Marshals go where I go," Ellis said.

See the sidebar for Alex Griswold the cuckling jumping to his Very Good Leftwing Media Friends (and Possible Future Employer's) defense.

Spicy Take: @redsteeze writes on twitter:

We're not enemies of people. Also we want the names and addresses of jurors. No reason.

posted by Ace of Spades at 02:41 PM

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