It took until the second day of Paul Manafort‘s trial for the Judge T.S. Ellis III to dish out a rebuke, and it happened after Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s prosecutors talked up the priciness of Manafort’s suit collection.

Latest scolding from Judge Ellis as prosecutors wanted to discuss Manafort’s purchase of super high-end suits: “ The government doesn’t want to prosecute someone because they wear nice clothes, do they? Let’s move on. That’s enough.” — Eric Tucker (@etuckerAP) August 1, 2018

“The government doesn’t want to prosecute someone because they wear nice clothes, do they? Let’s move on. That’s enough,” Eric Tucker of the Associated Press transcribed the judge’s words.

Judge Ellis was not messing around.

Judge Ellis is not putting up with nonsense. https://t.co/x9lNNWzQSY — Ross Garber (@rossgarber) August 1, 2018

Indeed, Manafort’s suit spending was a topic broached by Mueller’s prosecutors.

Maximillian Katzman, 29, the manager of a luxury menwear store in New York City, testifies that Paul Manafort spent more than $929,000 on suits between 2010 and 2014. He was the store's only customer to pay using wire transfers from foreign accounts. — Rachel Weiner (@rachelweinerwp) August 1, 2018

Rachel Weiner of the Washington Post said that luxury menswear store employee Maximillian Katzman testified in court on Wednesday that Manafort spent nearly $1 million on suits between 2010 and 2014, using wire transfers from foreign accounts,

Katzman said Manafort was the only customer to do this.

Ellis also reportedly criticized lawyers for rolling their eyes. It’s not clear who he is referring to, but given that it’s the government going into specifics about luxury stores Manafort frequented it seems like he is criticizing the government for name-dropping.

Judge Ellis tells lawyers to stop rolling their eyes, asks what "House of Bijan" is — "If it doesn't say 'Men's Wearhouse,' I don't know it" https://t.co/EiNurGsH7S — Rachel Weiner (@rachelweinerwp) August 1, 2018

"Judge Ellis refused to allow prosecutors to show photographs of Manafort's suits. 'To parade all of this, again, seems to be unnecessary, irrelevant and maybe unfairly prejudicial,' Ellis said." https://t.co/cLaUWgPS7t — Andy Grewal (@AndyGrewal) August 1, 2018

If you’ve been reading Law&Crime lately, you would know that we warned Manafort’s attorneys not to get cute with this judge. You would also know that we’ve described Ellis as an equal opportunity smackdown artist, and the government found that out the hard way today — again.

Manafort’s trial in the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) began on July 31. After a jury a of six men and six women was quickly selected, opening statements were made on Tuesday. Manafort faces bank and tax fraud charges in this district.

He is otherwise scheduled to appear at trial in Washington, D.C. this coming September.

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