[Political Junkie Too]

I thought that yesterday, they said the judge was going to entertain a motion to acquit, and that the defense was working on that today. That comes before the defense begins its turn.

Isn't this article jumping the gun a bit? Won't Manafort's team wait for the ruling on the acquittal motion before deciding how to proceed?

Is ABC News just stirring the pot with this article, did ABC News mistake the motion to acquit as the defense's closing argument, or did I miss the judge's decision on the motion to acquit?

-PJ

[HamiltonJay]

I don’t know, but they may feel so confident that they are okay letting the Jury decide, even with no defense, other than basically offering them closing arguments stating the government didn’t prove its case, you must acquit.

We’ll see how it all plays out, but based on the judges general hostility toward the prosecution that has been reported, I’d say he isn’t too happy with the prosecution either, and likely doesn’t care for his courtroom being used for political theater.