SDNY adds a conspiracy charge against Stephen Calk, the bank CEO, accused of issuing $16m in loans t

[soothsayer]

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Kara Scannell
@KaraScannell
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Mar 5, 2021
SDNY adds a conspiracy charge against Stephen Calk, the bank CEO, accused of issuing $16m in loans to Paul Manafort to try to obtain a position in the Trump administration. The jury hung on those fraud counts in Manafort's EDVA trial. Calk pleaded not guilty to bribery charge.

NoTrumpZone
@LongAsUCan2
I remember this guy.... He thought his 16 million loan to Manafort bought him the right to be Undersecretary to US Army... His trial was delayed last-min due to 30,000 docs found in a locked office used by Mueller in Sept 2020.

eel
@emptywheel
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Mar 5, 2021
SDNY just superseded Steve Calk, the banker who attempted to bribe Manafort for a Trump job by giving him a loan he couldn't pay. His trial is currently scheduled for June 2.

Indictment – #175 in United States v. Calk (S.D.N.Y., 1:19-cr-00366) – CourtListener.com
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https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.516086/gov.uscourts.nysd.516086.175.0.pdf

emptywheel
@emptywheel
It adds a conspiracy charge to commit financial institution bribery, with language talking about Calk conspiring with The Borrower (AKA Paul Manafort).

[Irish_Dem]

1. A banker would want a return on investment. So he thought he would make more than $16 million

as a high level Army official.

How many others paid Trump for their positions?

[abqtommy]

2. 30,000 Mueller documents found in a locked office sounds verrrry interesting!

[Sanity Claws]

3. That is the part that jumped out at me too.

[imaginary girl]

4. Me too!

I want more on this, please.