Posted on 08/10/2018 1:50:23 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
“”””””””””’Dennis Raico, a former employee at Federal Savings Bank in Chicago, took the stand on Friday afternoon. Bloomberg News reported that Raico testified that the bank’s chief executive officer Stephen Calk expedited approval of a loan to Manafort and wanted his assistance in getting a job in the Trump administration.”””””””””””””””
Well????????????? Did he get the job or are you just making it up?
Can’t believe that not getting a loan, for whatever reason, is a crime....
Not getting a loan is positive proof of Russian collusion.
Submitting false information on the loan application is the issue.
Do you believe it is?
What do you think he would plead guilty to?
Gee. They have him on a loan he never got and a purported job never received and Gates stealing from him. Oh and the court trial transcript actually includes “(Laughter.)”
You might want to spend time on a loan that was granted, the judge said.
Your honor, this is a charged count in the indictment, Asonye responded.
I know that, Ellis said.
In reviewing the indictment, I find references to two successful loans. No charges about unsuccessful loan applications, including any from Citizens Bank of NY. I don’t understand Ellis’s “I now that”. Loan fraud is a “charged count”. Loan fraud relating to Citizen’s bank is not (maybe I missed it in the 31 pages).
Lying on the application is the charged crime.
Looks like a mistrial.
Re: “What do you think he would plead guilty to?”
Whatever the Feds agree to offer.
Because of his age (69), he is essentially looking at a life sentence.
Since the crimes are all financial - tax fraud, etc. - it will be almost impossible politically for Trump to commute his sentence or pardon him.
Those accounts received $30 million in undeclared taxable income - a felony.
And Manafort made direct personal payments from those foreign accounts to various USA vendors - a felony.
No Mr. Mueller, no do overs...........
So why did Rosenstein say there was nothing to see 10 years ago?
“””””””””Since the crimes are all financial - tax fraud, etc. - it will be almost impossible politically for Trump to commute his sentence or pardon him.””””””””””””
Slick pardoned Marc Rich, the biggest tax cheat in American history.
If the prosecution thinks they are losing I wouldn’t put it past them to try for a mistrial for Ellis’ comments then they can keep the shadow over Trump, instead of losing the case and giving Trump a win.
Yeah, on the very last day of his presidency, when there was no political price to pay.
Millions of people lie on loan applications.
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