Josh isn't clear on the point, but the discussion he describes near the end of his article, between Ellis and Andres, took place after the jurors were dismissed for the day.
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III specifically pushed Andres ... specifically to describe the link between wealthy Ukrainian politicos and Manafort. Ellis argued that the connection was not the basis of the case."What matters are the allegations that he made money from them and didn't report it."
The prosecution is trying to develop guilt by insinuation ... The tactic is that Manafort is aligned with the Russians, and should be punished for that. The criminal charge is a sideline in the prosecutors eyes. This team is totally focused on getting Trump in the court of public opinion.
From what I can tell from various snippets, Manafort’s lawyers are terrible. The judge is making their objections and arguments for them, and that is not good. I think there may be numerous legal arguments they should have made pretrial that they failed to make. Could be deep state tankers more concerned with their future in DC law circles.
So arrogant. Sounds like Anders was pulling a Strzok - how DARE you question ME.