U.S. District Judge T. S. Ellis III acknowledged Thursday that he may have been incorrect when he scolded federal prosecutors a day earlier for allowing an expert witness to remain in the courtroom for the duration of proceedings during Paul Manafort’s trial.

On Wednesday, Ellis chided prosecutor Uzo Asonye after Michael Welch, a revenue agent with the IRS, said he had watched the trial from inside the courtroom.

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