Robert Mueller urges judge to reject Paul Manafort's request for a hearing on leaks

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Robert Mueller urges judge to reject Paul Manafort's request for a hearing on leaks
by Kelly Cohen
 | May 15, 2018 12:29 PM

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is urging a federal judge in Virginia to reject a request by former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to hold a hearing about alleged leaks.

In a court filing in Alexandria late Monday, prosecutors for Mueller’s team argued the “sampling” of 10 news articles provided by Manafort’s defense team does not show information about the grand jury investigation was leaked by either prosecutors investigators.

“Manafort’s speculative claim of improper conduct falls far short of the showing necessary to warrant a hearing on potential violations of [a rule that established grand jury secrecy] or of his constitutional rights,” wrote Mueller’s team. “A pretrial hearing on alleged government leaks, which would itself generate publicity on the very matters that Manafort finds prejudicial, is unwarranted.”

“He cites ten articles, none of which purports to disclose grand jury information," Mueller's team wrote. "Many of the matters reported, if accurate, would have been known to the defense, to witnesses who were interviewed or subpoenaed for documents, or to other investigators examining overlapping issues.”

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Manafort’s defense team is really reaching for anything.  After the Berman ruling in DC today, they probably think Ellis will go against them on the SC authority, as well.

[LauraTXNM]

http://www.therobingroom.com/Judge.aspx?ID=843

Really interesting comments from lawyers about Judge Ellis, both for and against, from years back.