OK - jury trial of Manafort's lender Steve Calk Day 6, with Trump campaign witness on the stand. Inner City Press has been covering the trial, incl US witness Scaramucci & OCC innercitypress.com/sdnylive8calkt…
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Assistant US Attorney Rothman: What was the name of the file?
Witness Morehead: 613 Ambassadors.
AUSA: And this one?
Witness: 124 Vetting Status.
Cross examination: What day was Mr. Calk emailed to come to Trump Tower?
Witness: January 9, 2017.
Witness Morehead: 613 Ambassadors.
AUSA: And this one?
Witness: 124 Vetting Status.
Cross examination: What day was Mr. Calk emailed to come to Trump Tower?
Witness: January 9, 2017.
Now its Assistant Comptroller of the Currency Lemanski of the Chicago office - a stipulation is being read.
Inner City Press has previewed that Calk talking about Otting becoming Comptroller may come up - or be withheld from the jury.
Inner City Press has previewed that Calk talking about Otting becoming Comptroller may come up - or be withheld from the jury.
AUSA: In May 2017, General Rigby left the board?
Lemanski: Yes. And other board members - three out of the four outside directors. Very rare.
AUSA: On July 2018, did you meet Mr. Calk?
Lemanski: Yes. July 10. At the bank's main office in Chicago, in the board room
Lemanski: Yes. And other board members - three out of the four outside directors. Very rare.
AUSA: On July 2018, did you meet Mr. Calk?
Lemanski: Yes. July 10. At the bank's main office in Chicago, in the board room
AUSA: Who attended?
Lenanski: The Calks, me and Blake Paulson. Steve Calk brought up the press about him seeking a US position. He denied it was true.
AUSA: I have no further questions for the witness.
[SO - no Q&A about Calk bragging about his role with Otting]
Lenanski: The Calks, me and Blake Paulson. Steve Calk brought up the press about him seeking a US position. He denied it was true.
AUSA: I have no further questions for the witness.
[SO - no Q&A about Calk bragging about his role with Otting]
Calk's lawyer: Didn't General Rigby say he was leaving because it was too much work?
Lemanski: I didn't know the reasons.
Re-direct: You remember Mr Calk denying he wanted a cabinet position why?
Lemanski: It was a unique situation.
Break. Thread will continue.
Lemanski: I didn't know the reasons.
Re-direct: You remember Mr Calk denying he wanted a cabinet position why?
Lemanski: It was a unique situation.
Break. Thread will continue.
With jury out, Calk's lawyer says defense has at least two witnesses, three if Calk testifies. One of the two: Steve Cortes. Inner City Press aims to live tweet it.
Calk trial has resumed, with the defense witness before Cortes: it's Brig-Gen Banks, saying the loans to Manafort were perfectly normal.
Banks: I was on the treadmill at Northwestern when I saw Steve's name as a Trump advisor- I nearly fell off the treadmill.
Banks: I was on the treadmill at Northwestern when I saw Steve's name as a Trump advisor- I nearly fell off the treadmill.
Q: Was the bank doing well?
Banks: Very well. He was enthusiastic for two reason.
[How does he know this?]
Banks: He was going to serve our nation. His name was put forward by Mr. Paul Manafort. I often went to the TV studio with Mr. Calk, 15 times I was present
Banks: Very well. He was enthusiastic for two reason.
[How does he know this?]
Banks: He was going to serve our nation. His name was put forward by Mr. Paul Manafort. I often went to the TV studio with Mr. Calk, 15 times I was present
Q: Did you attend a presidential debate with Mr. Calk?
A: Yes, in September 2016, at Hofstra University. He was a surrogate. I was his guest... Mr Calk told me--
Judge Schofield, to the jury: Disregard that. (To the witness) You can't just say what he said.
A: Yes, in September 2016, at Hofstra University. He was a surrogate. I was his guest... Mr Calk told me--
Judge Schofield, to the jury: Disregard that. (To the witness) You can't just say what he said.
Brig-Gen Banks: Mr. Calk was on the board of the USO of Illinois. The bank gave it money too.
Calk's lawyer: Did Mr. Calk contact anyone beyond Mr. Manafort to seek a position?
B-G Banks: Yes.
Calk's lawyer: Do you know how Gen Mattis is?
B-G Banks: Yes.
Calk's lawyer: Did Mr. Calk contact anyone beyond Mr. Manafort to seek a position?
B-G Banks: Yes.
Calk's lawyer: Do you know how Gen Mattis is?
B-G Banks: Yes.
Calk's lawyer reading into record an email to Gen Mattis, pitching Steve Calk.
[Look, ma, no mortgages!]
Now Calk's lawyer plays a voicemail to Calk from Mattis, who said his email was barraged. "Sally will keep this alive," Del Daley is a treasured friend.
[Look, ma, no mortgages!]
Now Calk's lawyer plays a voicemail to Calk from Mattis, who said his email was barraged. "Sally will keep this alive," Del Daley is a treasured friend.
Now Calk's lawyer is asking about Calk writing to Gates, also to Steve Smith, who in turn wrote to Senator Sessions. There's a reference to Angus King, too.
Calk really went all out. The implication, it seems, is that the loans to Manafort were the least of it.
Calk really went all out. The implication, it seems, is that the loans to Manafort were the least of it.
Now Calk's lawyer about Steve Cortes, "a prominent Republican on television." He's the next witness - but how long will the US cross-examining this witness?
Cross examination begins:
AUSA: You've known Steve Calk 35 years?
A: Yes.
AUSA: Did the FBI ask you to call the agent, 2 weeks ago?
A: Yes.
AUSA: Did you speak with him?
A: I did not.
AUSA: You've known Steve Calk 35 years?
A: Yes.
AUSA: Did the FBI ask you to call the agent, 2 weeks ago?
A: Yes.
AUSA: Did you speak with him?
A: I did not.
AUSA: But you met with the defense lawyers, right? Did they take notes & were they disclosed to the government?
A: I don't know.
AUSA: We'll take that up at the break. You know more about the military than banking, right? The opposite of Mr Calk?
A: More or less.
A: I don't know.
AUSA: We'll take that up at the break. You know more about the military than banking, right? The opposite of Mr Calk?
A: More or less.
AUSA: You know that Mr Calk would have happily supported Hillary Clinton if she put him on economic advisory board?
Witness: I suppose.
AUSA: Do you recall telling the FBI in 2017 that Mr Calk only met General Mattis thru Paul Manafort?
Witness: I don't remember
Witness: I suppose.
AUSA: Do you recall telling the FBI in 2017 that Mr Calk only met General Mattis thru Paul Manafort?
Witness: I don't remember
Now Judge Schofield is getting ready for deliberations, tells US and Calk's team to turn in CDs of exhibits by Monday morning.
Lawyer: Good to see someone's still using CDs.
Judge Schofield: That's our Court.
Lawyer: Good to see someone's still using CDs.
Judge Schofield: That's our Court.
Now Brig-Gen Banks is done, and the trial is ending for the day. Steve Cortes will be tomorrow (same day as Avenatti sentencing, and an Iran case). Watch this feed, and patreon.com/MatthewRussell…
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