#ManafortTrial Update - Thread - FSB's Steve Calk asked for Dept of Treasury spot, Dennis Raico testifies.
Here's the breakdown:
Prosecutor Greg Andres asked Raico to summarize an email displayed in court from August 3, 2016.
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In the email, Paul Manafort requested Raico provide him with a copy of Steve Calk’s resume.
“Why did he make this request?” Andres said.
“He wanted to serve in the Trump administration,” Raico replied.
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“Were you often asked to pass messages between Mr. Manafort and Mr. Calk?”
Raico said he was and that it frequently made him “uncomfortable.”
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Later, on November 11, 2016, Calk called Raico and mentioned that he hadn’t heard from Manafort in awhile and wanted Raico to call Manafort to see if he “might be a potential candidate for head of the Department of the Treasury,” Raico testified.
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