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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsREVEALED: Identities Of 5 Witnesses Immunized To Testify Against Manafort
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/identities-of-5-witnesses-immunized-to-testify-against-manafort-revealedDonna Duggan
Conor OBrien
Cindy Laporta
Dennis Raico
The unsealed court documents do not provide details about what the witnesses may be expected to testify about. None of the newly revealed witnesses have figured prominently in the case or the coverage of the case to this point.
maxsolomon
(32,989 posts)Their reputations slandered, their entire lives discredited in a relentless, 24/7 fact-free assault.
Protect the legitimacy of the Administration at all costs.
Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)Dennis Raico
Senior Vice President at The Federal Savings Bank
Location:
300 North Elizabeth Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Company:
The Federal Savings Bank
HQ Phone:
(312) 738-6000
Direct Phone:
(646) ***-****
Get Phone
Well know soon enough, eh
Sanity Claws
(21,822 posts)Was he the one who was trying to get a quid pro quo? Promised a job with the Trump administration?
Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)Manafort received three separate loans in December 2016 and January 2017 from Federal Savings Bank for homes in New York City, Virginia and the Hamptons.
The banker, Stephen Calk, president of the Federal Savings Bank, was announced as a member of candidate Trump's Council of Economic Advisers in August 2016.
sarah FAILIN
(2,857 posts)I can see that.
Sanity Claws
(21,822 posts)BTW, feel free to call me by my first name, Sanity. That's something that seems to be in short supply these days.
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Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)Manafort received three separate loans in December 2016 and January 2017 from Federal Savings Bank for homes in New York City, Virginia and the Hamptons.
The banker, Stephen Calk, president of the Federal Savings Bank, was announced as a member of candidate Trump's Council of Economic Advisers in August 2016.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/mueller-asking-if-manafort-promised-banker-white-house-job-return-n849916
So Raicos a FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK guy, too! - yeah, bet he knows a few details here!!
GOOD TIMES!!
Sanity Claws
(21,822 posts)That is in Brooklyn and may include the town house that Manafort bought in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn back in 2012.
But what crime does Brennan need immunity against?
In 2014, Brennan ran against a Republican named Mikhail Yusupov. Sounds Russian to me. Brennan handily beat him. I wonder if Mikhail Y is somehow involved too.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,822 posts)My guess is in direct, the prosecution would establish that he is testifying under immunity. It is probably best to get that out in front of the jury right away. Jurors may not take too kindly to waiting until cross exam that the witness had immunity. I would not be surprised if the potential underlying crime came out on direct.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)with speculation. No doubt relatives of a couple of other former James Brennan politicians will be glad they're safely dead. Another James Brennan who was once in politics is 92.
Then there are all the other James Brennans who have not held elective office.
Sanity Claws
(21,822 posts)I did some searching and there is a Dennis Raico in the NYC Metropolitan area. My guess is that he was involved with the mortgage fraud on Manafort's townhouse in Brooklyn.
Here is a link about a Dennis Raico which indicates that he has questionable business practices, to say the least, https://www.leagle.com/decision/innyco20171208375
Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)works at the Federal Savings Bank, as does the one in Chicago that I posted...same SHADY DUDE, I contend!!
Anyway, now we gotta wait for the actual trial...again...some more...whannh
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Roland99
(53,342 posts)Theres one that works at the Advisory Group but not much info otherwise.