Manafort To Ask Federal Judge To Exclude Evidence From FBI Raids: Report

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President Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, will ask a judge on Wednesday to suppress evidence gathered by FBI agents in the case against him as he faces charges of money laundering and tax fraud.

Reuters reports that Manafort is requesting that the court toss out evidence gathered during last year's FBI raid of his Virginia home, and specifically documents from his consulting business stored in a locker that was unlocked by a lower-level staffer during the raid.

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/388959-manafort-to-ask-federal-judge-to-exclude-evidence-from-fbi-raids

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There's no reason to make this motion if you are at all confident that Ellis would rule in your favor on the issue of Special Counsel prosecutorial authority.  I'm guessing the unredacted memo won't go Manafort's way and this is the next ploy to delay the inevitable.


Manafort Judge Questions Claim of Improper Seizure of Records

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, in a hearing in federal court in Washington on Wednesday, questioned Manafort’s assertion that the ex-employee who gave access to the storage locker didn’t have permission to do so.

“Where’s the evidence that makes it unreasonable?” the judge asked a defense lawyer. “Where’s the evidence that Mr. Manafort was exerting control of this space?”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-23/manafort-judge-questions-claim-of-improper-seizure-of-records?cmpId=yhoo.headline&yptr=yahoo