It still tickles me to remember that trying to convert a Pdf to Word document to make alternations may contribute to Manafort’s undoing. Also, a court reporter on MSNBC just said that they identified Manafort as an official in the Trump campaign in today’s testimony - and some jurors seemed surprised.
Note the ABSENCE of Ellis Interruptus all today so far. He’s an old dude - 78 - blood sugar runs low late in the day and that’s when he crankies it up.
IAE this is not in any way an unusual scenario: a hot shot out of town prosecutor running up against an old dude struggling with life’s regrets - and senile diabetes. Seen it myself X number of times - EXPERIENCED it well over a dozen times. Not always, not invariably, but overwhelmingly often, youth wins out. Cranky old conflicted curmudgeons are especially prone to running out of gas and getting left behind in the dust.
Also, jurors notice these kerfuffles, and they judge them, and they note who was righteous and who won in the end.
We need only one dumb bastard on the jury to bomb this.
Well, yes, those jurors should be surprised and wondering why on earth this hasn’t been mentioned before. They’ll also be wondering what else has been held back.
I think about that all the time - it’s not like there aren’t plenty of dumb bastards out there.
The League of Dumborious Bastards?