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Cyrus Toulabi
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#REDFLAG: You probably have heard...

Banker Stephen Calk has been indicted for approving $16 MILLION in loans to Paul Manafort...in exchange for a spot in the Trump Administration.

HOWEVER...there are a couple of KEY POINTS many seem to be missing...
#REDFLAG: Stephen Calk isn't just a banker who approved loans for Manafort for a job.

As of August 2016, he was ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S Council of Economic Advisors.

Every headline is missing the point...ANOTHER TRUMP CAMPAIGN ADVISOR was just indicted.
#REDFLAG: Manafort wasn't on the Trump team when he promised Stephen Calk an interview.

So, Manafort emailed JARED KUSHNER to ask him to consider Calk for a “major appointment.’’

On Nov. 30th, Kushner wrote back: “ON IT!”

...AKA "Transition Official-1."
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
#REDFLAG: On January 4th 2017, Manafort's final loan was approved.

6 DAYS LATER, Stephen Calk advanced, interviewing for Under Secretary of the Army.

The indictment says "Transition Official-2" DIDN'T know about the loans.

As for "Transition Official-1"...silence.

#PayForPlay
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#PASTBLAST: The conflict with Iran is entirely of Trump's own making.

War with Iran has always been the end goal.
#PASTBLAST: I warned over a year ago that pulling out of the #IranNuclearDeal would be the WORST mistake made by the Trump Administration.

I said it would "set off a chain of events that we'll be dealing with FOR DECADES TO COME."

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#REDFLAG: Hear me out. It's important.

We're FUNDAMENTALLY talking about Barr and Mueller in the wrong way.

According to the Special Counsel rules, in basic terms, the Attorney General MUST notify Congress if he ever disagreed, overruled, or blocked the Special Counsel.

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They could be impeded and Barr wouldn't have to tell anyone.
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I'm probably going to get attacked for this...but I hope we can have a healthy debate and not a typical all-or-nothing battle.

All that matters in this race is beating Trump.

Yes, we must make progress in terms of society, economy, and equality.

BUT...they must be able to WIN.
It's easy to see this buffet of 20 candidates and get carried away with what we could be...without considering electability...AND what's at stake.

The winner of the primary should be the best of both worlds. Progress and electability.

Otherwise, we're handing Trump another win.
Keep an open mind. Fall in love. But don't be blinded by that love. We must be forward looking...but ALWAYS strategic.

If we choose the purest or most dreamy candidate...great, you can feel good having done that.

But it means nothing if they lose. Our democracy is on the line.
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UPDATE: Bank CEO Stephen Calk has been indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with financial institution bribery for corruptly soliciting Paul Manafort for a position in the Trump administration in exchange for approving $16 million in loans.
#Maddow
Nov 24, 2016 Manafort email to Rick Gates, who still worked for Trump: "We need to discuss Stephen Calk for Sec of Army."

2 weeks after Trump's election, Manafort floated Calk, who loaned him $16M on false pretenses, as Army Sec, Gates testified.
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Zoe Tillman
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New: Stephen Calk has been charged with using his position as the CEO of a bank to grant $16M in loans to Paul Manafort in exchange for trying to get a job with the Trump administration — the charging docs don't name Manafort, but it's him assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6024…
Here's our story from last summer during Manafort's trial where we learned about the alleged quid pro quo between Calk and Manafort: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Calk ultimately didn't get a job with the administration. During Manafort's trial, prosecutors showed an email that Manafort sent to Rick Gates a few weeks after the election saying, "We need to discuss Steve Calk for Sec of Army"
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Tom Winter
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BREAKING / NBC NEWS: Bank CEO Stephen Calk has been indicted by a federal grand jury and charged in connection with a plan to exchange $16 million in loans to Paul Manafort for his help in getting Caulk a Trump administration position.
NBC News: A spokesperson for the FBI confirms to @valiquettejoe that Calk surrendered to the FBI earlier this morning in New York.
The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
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Manafort Trial Day 9: There are four govt witnesses left -- three appear to have ties to Federal Savings Bank, and two were given immunity. The govt has alleged the head of a bank (believed to be FSB) engaged in a quid pro quo, loan money for a Trump campaign/possible admin job
Assuming there aren't delays, the govt has said it expects to finish presenting its case in chief today. Then, the judge will ask Manafort's lawyers if they plan to put on any witnesses, or submit any motions. He doesn't have to. And then it's the weekend.
Things have consistently been tense between the judge and prosecutors throughout the trial, and that came to a bit of a head yesterday. For more on that: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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(Thread) Did The Russians work with Paul Manafort to ensure a #Trump candidacy - as early as 2005? #TrumpRussia
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