exhibit 452. i ve been waiting for and it waiting for it and waiting for it. ever since the prosecutors in the paul manafort trial announced mid trial that they would add to the list of evidence that they would present in their case, this 452 thing has been keeping me up at night. the description of 452 has made me think that it might have something to do with the allegation that trump campaign chairman paul manafort sold the promise of a job in the trump administration essentially for cash in the form of $16 million in loans from a little bank in chicago. prosecutors allege that paul manafort promised the ceo of that bank, a man named steve calk, a job in the trump administration for those $16 million in loans. we thought that exhibit 452 might have something to do with spelling that out. now we have exhibit 452. as of tonight. it does not disappoint. all right.
part of their divorce proceedings that she be allowed to see the entire loan file for any and all loans made to paul manafort. now i m not sure why that would be material to this couple s divorce proceedings. it feels like none of our business, right? but it is part of the legal strategy that steve calk s estranged wife is raising questions about the lending practices of this bank under her husband s leadership with a particular focus from that money he gave to paul manafort. so steve calk s wife subpoenaed the loan documents. steve calk s divorce lawyers tried to quash that. a cook county judge is overseeing these proceedings. we re not sure if the documentation did get handed over as part of the divorce, but
feet. axios to report they are likely to be nominated to run the federal aviation administration in the actual u.s. government. for all of us. presumably only because the guy who ran over the other guy three times in his car isn t available. maybe he will be secretary of transportation. and this is kind of a theme in the trump republican era. and there are a lot of scandals in this presidency and it is sometimes hard to focus on all the themes, but donald trump s golf caddie is the white house director of social media now. his longtime bodyguard is the director of oval office operations. there he is with the pope. eric trump s wedding planner was put in charm of hud for the northeastern united states. a member of the trump household staff at trump tower her husband ran a home contracting company called steve s tools in motion before he somehow ended up getting a job at epa region 2 headquarters in new york.
show that the estranged wife of steve calk, his wife demanded as part of their divorce proceedings that she be allowed to see the entire loan file for any and all loans made to paul manafort from federal savings bank. now i m not sure why that would be material to this couple s divorce proceedings. it feels like none of our business, right? but it is apparently part of the legal strategy in that divorce that steve calk s estranged wife is raising questions about the lending practices of this bank under her husband s leadership with a particular focus from that money he gave to paul manafort. so steve calk s wife subpoenaed the loan documents. steve calk s divorce lawyers tried it quash that subpoena
maybe he will be secretary of transportation. and this is kind of a theme in the trump republican era. and there are a lot of scandals in this presidency and it is sometimes hard to focus on all the themes, but donald trump s golf caddie is the white house director of social media now. his longtime bodyguard is the director of oval office operations. there he is with the pope. eric trump s wedding planner was put in charm of hud for the northeastern united states. a member of the trump household staff at trump tower her husband ran a home contracting company called steve s tools in motion before he somehow ended up getting a job at epa region 2 headquarters in new york. this is the same president who named his bankruptcy lawyer ambassador to israel. a friend of his wife got a $26 million payout from the inaugural committee. that s just slightly more than the inaugural committee spent on the actual contractor who actually runs the inauguration and has done so for decades. what did melan