Consider who the judge is
2014: Essay: Anatomy of the Deep State [The Deep State Hiding in Plain Sight]
This is a great article that identifies what/who the Deep State is - written in 2014 before Trump became president and it identifies the DOJ court in Virginia and the Southern District of NY as the Kangaroo Court of the Deep State. On Democrat Bill Moyers’ website no less. Manafort and Roger Stone and the 2 arrested Ukrainians allied to Rudi Giuliani were tried by the the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of Manhattan.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3794125/posts