The Judge In Manafort’s Virginia Case Likes To Tell Stories And Make Jokes

A view of a courthouse during a sentencing hearing for Marcel Lehel Lazar, a hacker known as Guccifer, at the Albert V. Bryan US federal courthouse September 1, 2016 in Alexandria, Virginia. Lazar, 44, was sentenced ... A view of a courthouse during a sentencing hearing for Marcel Lehel Lazar, a hacker known as Guccifer, at the Albert V. Bryan US federal courthouse September 1, 2016 in Alexandria, Virginia. Lazar, 44, was sentenced to 52 months in prison for unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft, according to a statement by the US Department of Justice. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

May 4, 2018 4:51 p.m.

Judge T.S. Ellis has been basking in the limelight as he presides over the criminal case brought against Paul Manfort in Virginia. In between his tough questions and pointed jabs, Ellis goes off on tangents, reminisces about the way things...

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