By Josh Gerstein
POLITICO
June 26, 2018
The ruling dashes some Trump allies’ hopes that the judge would deliver a crippling blow to Mueller’s office and undermine the legal legitimacy of his appointment.
During oral arguments last month relating to bank and tax fraud charges against Manafort, Ellis skewered the special prosecutor’s team, suggesting they were on a crusade aimed at impeaching Trump. The president leaped on the critique, reading it aloud from a stage during a speech in Texas.