Ellis told jurors to ignore the defense team's suggestion that the Mueller prosecution was politically motivated. "It's not my function to deliberate facts, it’s yours," Ellis told jurors on the eve of their deliberations. "His defense team got to address the jury, point out the shortcomings in the government's case and explain the government has not met their burden of proof." During their rebuttal to the defense team's closing, prosecutors accused the defense team of trying to "distract" jurors by criticizing Gates. He then pointed to an email in which Manafort told Gates, “You are the quarterback on this.”Andres told the jury: “Guess who the coach of that team was?

Source: Fox News August 15, 2018 18:27 UTC