Political movement and its hard to watch. Its lives at stake. Mo not only careers at stake. Literally lives at stake. Incredible. Incredible stuff. Well done, my friend. Thank you. And thanks to you at home for joining us. Happy to have you here tonight. H we start tonight in the beautiful state of oklahoma. T oklahoma where the State Song is Oklahoma And Everybody knows how to sing at least part of it. Oklahoma is home to the national Cowboy Hall of fame. Oklahoma is home to this giant pair of very veiny anatomically correct praying hands that are over 60feet tall. Thats at the entrance to oral Roberts University in tulsa. Its the birthplace of will rogers, brad pitt, woody guthrie. B its the birthplace of elizabeth Warren And Wilma mankiller. The first Woman Chief of the cherokee nation. This 76foottall golden Oil Driller because oklahoma is the place where the State Capitol grounds hold the worldwide distinction, we think, of being the only capitol anywhere that has an oil well drilled under it. The oil well at the oklahoma State Capitol which actually goes under the capitol, is called Petunia Number one because they started drilling if from what was apparently a really nice Flower Bed that had petunias. Om the Oklahoma Aquarium is home to the largest collection of Bull Head sharks. There is a lot to love about e oklahoma. I love a lot about oklahoma. Oklahoma is home to the flaming lips, of course, and to the countrys most underrated national Star Singer Songwriter John Moreland who lives in tulsa, oklahoma, and im obsessed with. Oklahoma is where Judy Woodruff and Bill Moyer lives. Its impossible not to love oklahoma. And in the 2020 election last year you know how they do thosey maps of the Election Results . Where each county is colored in red or in blue depending on which candidate that county voted for . Well, in 2020 In Oklahoma here was what that map looked like for oklahoma. Oklahoma has 77 counties. The map is really simple to make because all 77 of oklahomas counties, all 77 of them voted for Donald Trump. Trump won oklahoma by more than 33 points. Only wyoming and West Virginia gave trump bigger margins in the 2020 election. Oklahoma does have democrats. They do. Great ones and smart ones and ambitious ones and the legislature, oklahoma democrats are really nice feisty. But come time for a state wide election, a president ial election In Oklahoma in, say, 2020, it was not competitive. It was not even particularly contested. I mean, Joe Biden didnt even get 33 of the vote In Oklahoma. But now Today Npr Reporter Chris Polanski first to report on a new effort by protrump republicans in the oklahoma State Legislature, they are making a public contention making a public case that the P President ial Election Results In Oklahoma in 2020 should not be trusted. There must be a forensic audit. Of the Oklahoma President ial Election Results. Because they think it was rigged for Joe Biden . Th oh, yes. Cant you see, sure, of the 77 counties In Oklahoma, Donald Trump won all 77 of them, but if the Oklahoma Election Hadnt been so obviously rigged for those democratic cheaters, trump would have won 200 of the 77 ve counties In Oklahoma. Or something. Do the math, you communists. But they say the Election Results should noting trusted. The protrump republicans. Here is the press release. Election audit request, State Representative sean roberts, republican of hominy, oklahoma, homanny, oklahoma, incidentally, is famous for a big Prison Riot once. S republican of Hominy Today announced he is requesting that the State Election Board Secretary Call for a forensic and independent audit of the 2020 general Election Results. Oklahomans have a right to know that their Election Results cann be trusted, he said. Donald trump winning by more than 30 points and winning every single county in the state, that cant be trusted. Biden still must have cheated. So there must be a forensic audit of Oklahomas Election results. They use the term forensic in this context because they want to create the impression that a crime has been committed in them election. So they are like Crime Scene Investigators doing a forensic analysis. There were, in fact, some democratic votes cast In Oklahoma in 2020. Maybe some of them are crimes. We should look at that. Lets investigate and then report our fabulous fantastic forensic findings. You fools the point of what they are doing with stunts like this, the latest one now In Oklahoma, is not the point is not to find anything wrong with any particular election or even to cast doubt specifically on places that biden won. They just want to make it seem like there is no trustworthy results of any election anywhere. Like elections are all Crime Scenes full of fraud. And if you just let republicans have access to the ballots and s the machinery, they can prove it. The overall aim is to effectively illegitimaize Election Results anywhere they can, even in Places Trump won. It doesnt matter, to cast doubt on all elections. They are trying to Rewire Americans brains and expectations so we no longer think of elections as things that have an objective knowable result that we can agree on whether or not we like that outcome. Tan A County in michigan where The Republicans pursued all of those crazy Conspiracy Theories about the election, Antrim County in michigan is a county that trump won by more than 20 points. But still that must be the seat of the fraud. The election investigation, The Republicans in pennsylvania are trying to pull off now, yes, they are targeting heavily democratic philadelphia, but also targeting two heavily trump counties. Counties where trump won by a lot. But where presumably they think local republican officials are more likely apt to throw over Ballot Machines so they can do a hocuspocus forensic Fraud Investigation to make seem like pennsylvania didnt a knowable Election Result. They need access to the ballots and machines from somewhere or enough purported data from someplace to make it seem muddy. The idea is that they want us ti not believe that any Election Result can be known, that its all subject to post facto political manipulation, and they would please like to be the ones doing the manipulating. Today, when President Biden went to pennsylvania to give his speech on Voting Rights, former President Trump put out a statement saying the only Reason Biden was going to pennsylvania specifically is because T President biden is desperate to stop the new audit that republicans want to do of the Pennsylvania President ial election. Ecop which is hilarious, right, here on earth one, where Joe Biden is president and the election that made him president has results and a president giving a speech at the national Constitution Center in pennsylvania at independence hall, where the Constitution And Declaration of independence were signed, thats a totally reasonable place for any president to give a speech on Voting Rights. On earth one, that makes sense. But on Earth Two, on Earth Two t in Trump World, right, where biden is only pretending to be president and all will soon be revealed as soon as republicans reveal what you think was the a Election Result was massive fraud, if you live on that earth, if you live on Trump World Earth Two, i suppose you might think its possible thaT President biden went to pennsylvania for a speech because by doing so he is going to somehow outfox The Republicans who are trying to do another audit because of their crazy Conspiracy Theories about the election. I mean, maybe on Earth Two thata would explain whaT President biden did today. Or maybe he is there to meet with his lizard people bosses and the illuminati and the free masons and the cabal and the jewish bankers. What happened today and where it appears this now going, first of all, on last nights show we covered that blockbuster federal Court Hearing Yesterday where nine protrump lawyers are facing sanctions. These are protrump lawyers who brought a lawsuit based on crazy Conspiracy Theories about the election. Those lawyers are now facing personal sanctions and wy potentially disbarment for their trying to use the Court System to advance these factfree fantasies designed to undermine confidence in the elections. We covered last night that Hearing Yesterday in a federal court in michigan where the Ic Judge seemed indicate that sanctions and potentially disbarment are on the table for all nine of those trump lawyers. In addition to that though you o should know that there is going to be a second one of those kinds of hearings. This time in colorado involving a different federal judge and more protrump lawyers. They will also be going before a federal judge this week, on friday. They are facing sanctions and potential disbarment for trying to push false Trump Election Conspiracy theories via the courts. And the reason i think thats important is because the people who have been really granular enablers of this craziness in republican politics, the ones trying to push this junk into the actual Court System, those lawyers a lot of them are starting to face consequences now. Potentially careerending consequences, for having done that. They are facing real accountability for having pushec these lies, using the Court System to turn americans way from the idea that elections are a legitimate way we decide our political decisions in this country. As those enablers start to face serious consequences, thats going to up the ante. Thats going to change the dynamics for people in republican politics still trying to please former President Trump by pushing this nonsense, by continuing this fantasy about Election Fraud and trying to convince americans that there was something wrong with the last election and all of the states where biden won, even the ones he didnt win, need to be reexamined. Thats an important, i think, N Human Dynamic to watch. Here is another thing to watch. In arizona, right, where they have been doing this crazy Cyberninja Audit of the Arizona President ial election, today, the arizona republican Senate President who arranged for that circus to happen with all of the arizona votes, she told local right Wing Talkradio in Arizona Today they have definitely discovered discrepancies in their audit. Arizona mirror covered this today. Mi basically indicating that the result of this Arizona Audit Clown show, whatever result they announce, which should be soon, that result will definitely be used by them to try to discredit the Election Result in the state of arizona. Weve known, of course, that that was coming. Lt today they started signaling that directly. Get ready for that. That is also going to sort of up the Ante And Injection new dynamics here. It was interesting to see, and i didnt expect this, but today at his big speech in philadelphia on voting Rights President biden pulled out the sort of big rhetorical guns on Voting Rights and the imperative to act. And ill play some of that for you in just a second. He also called out some of this stuff that im describing, these efforts even now to undermine the election. He called out some of that stuff in stark terms that i didnt ou expect. T with recount after recount after recount, Court Case after Court Case, the 2020 election was the most scrutinized election ever in american history. Challenge after challenge brought to local, state, and election officials, State Legislatures, state and federal courts. Even to the united states supreme court. Not once, but twice. More than 80 judges, including those appointed by my predecessor, heard the so arguments. In every case, neither Cause Nor Evidence was found to undermine the national achievement of administering this historic election in the face of such extraordinary challenges. Audits, recounts were conducted. Arizona. Wisconsin. In georgia it was recounted three times. Its clear for those who challenge the results and question the integrity of the election, no other election has ever been held under such scrutiny, such high standards. The Big Lie is just that. A Big Lie. [ cheers and applause ] 2020 election is not hyperbole. Ec its the most examined and the fullest expression of the will of the people in the history of this nation. It should be celebrated. An example of america at its best. Bud instead, we continue to see an example of Human Nature at its worst. Se something darker and more sinister. In america, if you lose, you accept the results. You follow the constitution. You try again. You dont call facts fake and then try to bring down the american experiment just because youre unhappy. Thats not statesmanship. [ cheers and applause ] thats not statesmanship. Thats selfishness. Thats not democracy. Its the denial of the right to vote. It suppresses, it subjugates. The denial of a free and fair election is the most unamerican thing that any of us can imagine. The most undemocratic. The most unpatriotic the must undemocratic, most unpatriotic. President biden really going full blast on the still expanding, still accelerating project on the political right now to try to illegitimatize the Election Result from 2020. It is in full swing in arizona. We are expecting them to announce their supposedly scandalous results sometime soon. Republicans even now are movinga to also do it in wisconsin, also in pennsylvania, also in georgia. Even also In Oklahoma where trump won by more than 30 points, but still there must have been democratic fraud. In his remarks today, President Biden then turned to what Voting Rights advocates are desperate u to hear from him. Fr a fullthroated unreserved call to act, to protect Voting Rights nationally in washington, which is the only way to stop the statebystate devastating attacks on Voting Rights that republicans are now pursuing across the country. Watch. Last month republicans opposed even debating, even considering for the peoples act. Senate democrats stood united to protect our democracy and the sanctity of the vote. We must pass the for the people act. Its a national imperative. We must also fight for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to restore and expand [ cheers and applause ]ti to restore and expand Voting Protections to prevent Voter Suppression. Because heres the deal. In 2020, democracy was put to a test. First by the pandemic. Then by a desperate attempt to deny the reality of the results of the election. And then by violent and deadly insurrection on the capitol, the citadel of our democracy. I have been around a long time in public life. I thought id seen it all, or most of it all. But i never thought id see that for real. Look how close it came. I mean, for real, how close it came. We are going to face another test in 2022. A new wave of unprecedented Voter Suppression and raw and sustained election subversion. Re we have to prepare now. P we will be asking my republican friends in congress and states and cities and counties to stand up for Gods Sake and help prevent this concerted effort to undermine our election and the sacred right to vote. [ cheers and applause ] have you no shame . Whether its stopping foreign interference on our elections or the spread of disinformation from within, we have to work together. E er hear me clearly. There is an unfolding Assault Taking Place in America Today an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in fair and free elections. An assault on democracy. An assault on liberty. An assault on who we are. Who we are as americans. Make no mistake. Bullies and merchants of fear, peddlers of lies are threatening the very foundation of our f country. Gives me no pleasure to say this. I never thought in my entire Career Id have to say it. But i swore an oath to you, to god, to preserve, protect and defend the constitution. Thats an oath that forms a sacred trust to defend america against all threats, both foreign and domestic. [ cheers and applause ] the assault on free and fair elections is just such a threat, literally. S ive said it before. Were facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. Thats not hyperbole. Since the civil war. The confederates back then never breached the capitol as insurrectionists did on january 6th. Im not saying this to alarm you. I am saying this because you should be alarmed. Im also saying this, there is good news, it doesnt have to be this way. It doesnt have to be for real. We have the means. We just need the will. The will to save and strengthen our democracy. It requires the united common purpose here and now, We The People will never give up. We will not give in we will overcome. We will do it together. And guaranteeing the right to vote, ensuring every vote is counted, has always been the most patriotic thing we can do. Just remember, our late friend John Lewis said, freedom is not a state, its an act. Freedom is not a state, its ans act. And we must act and we will act for our cause is just. Our vision is clear. Our hearts are full. But we, the people, for our democracy, for america itself, we must act. God bless you all and may god protect our troops and all those who stand to watch over our democracy. And act. Weve got to act. President biden today, we have got to act. Weve got to act. More than any other member of congress, President Joseph R. Biden owes his election as president to his friend congressman Jim Clyburn. Dean of the South Carolina democratic political delegation. As the De Facto King Maker in South Carolina, congressman James Clyburn gave Joe Biden a crucial and very welltimed endorsement. Uc a big public endorsement before the South Carolina primary, and that Endorsement Plucked Bidens campaign out of the doldrums. Set him on an inexorable path to win South Carolina and the nomination. On now Congressman Clyburn gave an interview in which he said specifically what now President Biden must do on Voting Rights. So democrats can stop just giving speeches on this issue and lamenting what republicans are doing against Voting Rights around the country so they are g doing more than, for example, just praising and welcoming the democrats from the Texas Legislature who had to leave their state and come to Washington Late Last Night as their lastditch tactical Lasthope Effort to block new Voter Suppression laws in texas that republicans are going to pass. This weekend James Clyburn said in an interview with politico. Com thaT President biden must do one thing. He must endorse a carveout in the senate rules so republicans Cant Filibuster the national voting Rights Bill. So democrats can pass it with just 50 votes. Now, other people, of course, have made this case, but other people arent Jim Clyburn who frankly gets his calls returned, who gets his ideas listened to in the biden White House because White House him there would be no biden White House. Congressman clyburn is making that case for what the Biden Harris White House must do specifically on Voting Rights. Rr change the filibuster endorse a change in the filibuster. A modification of the filibuster so that Voting Rights can pass with 50 votes. Ca thats what James Clyburn says a the White House must do in order to get it done. The White House must support that, push for it publicly, privately. They must push for it however they can. That was James Clyburns public play to the White House this past weekend. And look whats happened since. M today there is President Biden saying in philadelphia in the big voting Rights Speech over and over again, with passion, we must act to protect Voting Rights. P we must act. We must act. This must be done. And now tonight here is the headline at npr. Vice president harris hints that she has discussed Filibuster Changes with senators. A this is what Movement Looks like on an issue like this. 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Democrats from the texas State Legislature dramatically left the state of Texas Yesterday to block republicans from passing another draconian antivoting Rights Bill in that state. More than 50 democratic texas legislators are in Washington And Planning to be there for weeks out of the reach of the Texas State Law enforcement. The Legislature Cant pass anything because there arent enough there to have a quorum. In the midst of that difficult standoff, texas democrats spoke at the u. S. Capitol alongside members of the congress from texas. They are basically begging for federal help. Urging democrats in congress to carve out, to amend the rules of the united States Senate so the senate can pass voting Rights Legislation with just the democratic majority. The texas State Representative you saw speaking there about changing the rules for a right wing supreme Court Justice, thats true. The Filibuster Isnt Something thats existed since the constitution. Its a relatively recent invention and it has changed a lot, including recent years as there have been carveouts for all sorts of things, including judicial nominees, supreme Court Justices, cabinet nominees. Theres all sorts of things that the filibuster used to apply to that it doesnt anymore. Why not Voting Rights . Its within democrats power to make that change. Now, you heard them name checking South Carolina congressman James Clyburn there. This weekend Congressman Clyburn publicly called on President Biden to endorse this idea. To endorse the idea of a carveout for the filibuster for Voting Rights. So democrats can get a bill on his desk to protect the right to vote. Congressman clyburn said i dont care whether he does it in a microphone or on the telephone. Just do it. Joining us is James Clyburn, the Majority Whip in the house of representatives. Congressman, a pleasure to see you. Thank you for making time to be with us tonight. Thank you very much for having me, rachel. I know that you pick your fights carefully and that you dont jump into every fight willynilly and you know your power with this administration and you know your power in washington. Can you talk to us about the decision to make this public call on President Biden that he needs to endorse a change in this rule so Voting Rights can pass with just 50 votes . Well, as you just mentioned, i said when i made my statement that you dont have to get in front of a microphone in order to do the kind of negotiations, or make the kind of endorsement that needs to be made. You can do it on the telephone. And i do believe that this is the kind of issue that needs to be going oneonone with. Im pleased to hear the Vice President to whom the president has given this responsibility is, in fact, having those discussions with members of the senate because we all know that the filibuster is not in the constitution. Its not a law. Its a tradition. And traditions means the past. In order for us to look to the future, we must begin to look at what is necessary for this great country to continue its movement towards perfection. Thats what were all about. Not a perfect country, but a country in search of perfection. And we need to do that by Voting Rights via hr1 and hr4, the John R. Lewis voter advancement act. Congressman clyburn, i know that you are close with the president and i know that you have said that you have spoken directly with Vice President harris about this. I know you have also, over the course of this Voting Rights fight, spoken directly and done work with senator Joe Manchin, the centrist west Virginia Senator who has been such a fulcrum on this point, the question of what he is willing to do and how he is willing to approach this is potentially determinative in terms of whether or not the democrats in the senate are able to actually act. How open is the door that you are pushing on here . How much resistance is there to this idea . How strong are the arguments that are being made against the kind of reform that you are talking about . Well, i have had extensive conversations with Joe Manchin. I like Joe Manchin. We have been friends for a long time. We used to do a lot of these kinds of chores together, just like i did with Joe Biden. So both of us have developed a great deal of patience with each other. And so i think that joe has made me a little bit sensitive to the filibuster. I wanted to get rid of the whole thing, but he convinced me that there is a place for extended debate on legislative issues. I am hopeful that i can convince him that we ought to treat constitutional issues the same way we treat budget issues. We move the Budget Forward without this Filibuster Application so as not to threaten the credit of the united states of america. And we ought to move forward on constitutional issues when it comes to the filibuster. So the filibuster i think has its place, but not when it comes to voting and other constitutional issues. So well see where we go from here. I am hopeful that Joe Manchin will do what i know that he is capable of doing and that is the right thing. Hearing you say that you are hopeful about that is going to change a lot of peoples, i think, sense of despair on this issue. I think a lot of people are very worried about democracy, worried about Voting Rights, felt like there is no that this is an impasse that there is no way around. Hearing you talking about those conversations, hearing you express hope in terms of what you would like the president and Vice President to do feels like a path. Thanks for helping us understand it tonight, congressman. Its always an honor to have you here whenever you can be here. Thank you very much for having me. All right. We got much more News Ahead tonight. Stay with us. Isnt it disappointing when your plugin fades . 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They made a name for themselves by publicly hacking everything from a Law Firm that worked with celebrities to big companies like apple to energy companies to whole school systems. Revil is the biggest russian organized crime cyber group. Last month in their meeting in geneva President Biden and president Vladimir Putin of russia had a confrontational meeting about the u. S. Insisting that putin stop these sorts of attacks. Biden told putin that because these attacks are originating on russian soil, they have been operating essentially with impunity in russia, he told him that he thinks putin is responsible for the actions of these groups and that putin will be held responsible for the actions of these groups. He told putin if these attacks continue to happen the u. S. Will respond. And then revil did it again. Over a week ago they shut down up to 1,500 businesses around the world when what might be the widest reaching Ransomware Attack ever. President biden called President Putin directly about that issue after last weeks attack. He said repeatedly since that he means it, that russia will face consequences from the united states as these attacks continue. Well, today plot twist, revil disappeared. At 1 00 a. M. Eastern time last night the website for revil went poof as did the blog where they would list their victims and publish embarrassing information or damaging information that they stole from their victims. Also disappeared, the custom made sites where they would negotiate with victims to obtain their ransom payments. Revil appears to have nuked itself. What does that mean . Did we do that . Did the unites do that . Did putin do that to them . Did revil do that to themselves . Joining us is the New York times cyber Security Reporter nicole perloff. Nicole, thanks for joining us. Nice to see you. Thanks for taking time tonight. Hi, rachel, thanks for having me. First, if i got any of that wrong or if i explained any of that the wrong way around . No, you got it right. Its still a mystery. We really dont know what happened here. We just know that at 1 30 a. M. Last night around Eastern Time someone pulled revil offline. Their Payment System went down. Their servers went down. One of their most renowned members claims to are been banned from cyber criminal forums. So there are three options. This was either a Cybercommand Operation which so far it doesnt appear to be because theres no indication that their servers were actually hacked. This could be a russian operation. Or this could be revil basically pulling the plug on themselves because they are under so much heat right now. And really the question is, a, how are all of these victims that are currently dealing with their revil Ransomware Attacks going to get their data back, and the other question is, is this just temporary . Are they rebranding . Are they going to pop up as some other Ransomware Group in a couple weeks. You say that it does not appear that this was a u. S. Cyber command operation, meaning a u. S. Government offensive operation to take them down. Just because of the way it looks like the group was affected. If the u. S. Cyber command had wanted to take them offline, blow them out of cyberspace, do you think that u. S. Cyber command has that capability . They definitely have that capability. Last year just ahead of the election Cyber Command did this, something similar to a Ransomware Group. It was really a conduit for ransomware, and they basically hacked into their systems and sent their Control Servers into this neverending, busy Dialing Loop where they couldnt receive any instructions for anywhere. We know what a Cyber Command operation on a Ransomware Group looks like. This actually looks very different. It looks like someone basically told them, hey, you know, you need to go quiet for a while, or it looks like the group themselves pulled the plug. And we know that Paul Nakasone was presenting options to buy on what a Cyber Command operation on revil would look like. We were expecting that late they are week or possibly early next week. We were not expecting this today. So thats another indication that this might not have been a Cyber Command operation. We also know that there is the u. S. russian Working Group that is supposed to meet virtually tomorrow or the next few days to discuss ransomware and its very clear that this is top of the agenda for the biden administration. But there is no indication yet that this is some kind of hack that brought them offline. Nicole, you reported last week that revil had Hit A New Target last wednesday. One that was sort of an alarming target in terms of the closeness between Cyber Warfare and warfare. You reported that they hit a Defense Contractor in florida that sells Space Technology and Weapons Launch Technology to the army and the Navy And Air force and nasa. Now, as you described it, we know that they hit that Defense Contractor because they posted about it on their blog, basically bragging about it. I wondered if that, hitting a Defense Company like that, might have upped the stakes in terms of the u. S. Russia Negotiations on this, and what it says that they were willing to be public about even claiming that kind of a very provocative attack. Yeah. They are really known as being these bragards among russian cybercriminal groups, if thats such a thing. They have their happy blog. They are often happy to claim their latest victim. As you mentioned, they hit a Defense Contractor last week. It was one of several that they have hit over the past year. It was a small Defense Contractor in florida that made Launch Technology for missiles and satellites and that kind of thing. But really i think the big trigger here was a different hack that they pulled off, the one we discussed just ahead of Fourth Of July weekend, where they basically went after a company that serviced thousands of other companies and the damage could have been cataclysmic. First of all, i want to congratulate you on the fact that you are a cyberSecurity Reporter that has a land line. Everybody watching rights now, is like, mind blown. As always, nicole, i want to thank you for helping us understand this. Thanks a lot. Thank you so much for having me, rachel. Sorry about that. Not sure who that was. Its all right. You will find out soon enough. It will be everywhere. New york times cyberSecurity Reporter. More to come here tonight. Stay with us. Im not active in the transition but im watching well, are you talking to the President Elect is the question . Im watching the transition. Im not active and i dont really want to talk who im speaking to, but im aware whats going on. Up um, um, i dont want to thats Paul Manafort, the Trump Campaign Chairman the 2016 president ial campaign. Even though manafort was fired as trumps Campaign Chair in the summer of 2016 we know he was quite active in the Trump Transition in the sense he was running a Bribery Scheme to sell interviews in consideration for top high ranking positions in the federal government in exchange for millions of dollars to be paid to himself. Paul manafort, of course, was convicted on multiple Tax And Bank fraud felonies, convicted by a jury. On some counts he pled guilty to other counts. As of today we can add another name to the list of convicted Trump Campaign officials. Today Stephen Caulk was convicted for giving Paul Manafort 16 Million in questionable Bank Loans in 2016 and 2017. After Chalk Manafort put him on the Trumps Campaign economic advisory counsel. The second Manafort Application looked dead at Caulks Bank until it looked like trump might win, until he revised, shuffled the millions to manafort and then sent manafort A List of Trump Administration jobs he wanted to be considered for starting with secretary of the united states army. You get that by giving Paul Manafort money . Prosecutor said Steven Calk repeatedly ignored manifests. In the end, he didnt get the job. He did get an interview for it so it wasnt a complete waste. Its helpful he put all his desired jobs in writing. In an email to manafort he listed in Rank Order his favorite, quote, Perspective Roles in the new administration. His Number One choice was secretary of the army. If not that hed Take Secretary of commerce, Deputy Secretary of the treasury, 18 preferred Ambassadorships Everything from the u. K. To the vatican to singapore. The Jury Today deliberated for less than 2 hours before delivering their guilty verdict. I should note that stephen Calks Lawyer closed his argument with an unusual defense. Quote, what really matters to trump is how you do on tv, and mr. Calk did well on tv. Its not like the Trump Cabinet was full of all these, you know, government, you know, long time government people. In other words, it was plausible. Steven calk was convicted on both counts. He faced financial Institution Bribery and conspiracy to commit financial Institution Bribery. Paul manafort the unnamed coconspirator. Manafort pled guilty to multiple crimes with interactions with Steven Calk. Of course then he was pardoned by trump before trump left office. Steven calk now faces a perspective maximum Prison Sentence of up to 30 years. For taking part in a Bribery Scheme in which applicants were considered for the highest trump posts including military and national posts in exchange for millions of dollars in cash. The grift headlines will never stop, will they . More ahead. 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