https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/u-s-judge-questions-special-counsels-powers-in-manafort-case-idUSKBN1I51WE

The white hats need to place this judge under protection NOW!

Given that he's opposing Black Hat Mueller, I would NOT put it above Mueller to order Ellis "heart attacked" or otherwise murdered.

That or plant "conviently created evidence" that implicates him as a "russian agent.