[TomGuy]

You: They are not loans per se.....she just put them on a Mayor’s charge account

That is not what the article says. But I guess you handled her paperwork, so you know better?

Article: ... at least five such loans made by the store to Columba Bush ...

Making "at least 5 such loans" does not sound like adding purchases to a charge account.

[Ann Archy]

They are just added charges......in a WAY they are loans because they go thru a third party underwriter, but I never heard anyone called them “loans”.