WASHINGTON (AP) The judge in one of Paul Manaforts criminal cases threw a wrench today into special counsel Robert Muellers plans for the former Trump campaign chairmans cooperation.
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III said in a new order that Manaforts plea deal cut last month set a timeline that is highly unusual compared with how he normally handles cases of government cooperators. Ellis set a hearing for next week that would move ahead with both Manaforts sentencing and the governments decision whether to retry Manafort on numerous felony counts on which jurors…
Judge wants to sentence Manafort
