NEW YORK – Anthony Scaramucci recalled his role in filling jobs in former President Donald Trump’s administration when he testified against a Chicago banker on Thursday, saying he would never consider that person a job if he knew he would be paid $ 16 million. On loans to Trump’s former campaign manager.
Scaramucci, 57, testified for the government in the case against Stephen Calk, the former executive director of the Federal Reserve, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and bribery of a financial institution.
Responding for an hour to questions from a lawyer, Scaramucci said he did not know the leg before being nominated for key positions in the Trump administration by Paul Manafort after Trump was elected president in November 2016.
Manafort, who served as Trump’s campaign manager for a major extension from June to August 2016, approached Scaramucci from mid to late December 2016 to encourage him to consider a key position in the Trump administration, Scaramucci said.
Scaramucci said Manafort never mentioned trying to get a $ 16 million loan from Colkin Bank for real estate endeavors. If he had, Scaramucci said, he would never have considered the foot for a position.
After speaking with Cal on the phone on December 27, 2016, Scaramucci received a series of text messages from Cal in the following days, asking him about opportunities for interviews at Trump Tower for various positions, the witness recalled.
“I pointed out that he was doing his best to get the interview pointed out, but I also pointed out that there were others in line for those jobs,” Scaramucci said.
According to court appearances, in early January, Kalk sent a message to Scaramucci asking if he was “still in the game.” Two days later, he asked, “Hi Anthony. Any word?”
Prosecutors say Calc pressured his bank’s credit committee and insurers to give him the loans he needed, as Trump pressured Manafort to do administrative work that was not available to him, including the military secretary.
Paul Showman, Calkin’s attorney, said the day before that his client had not done anything illegal because the approval of the loans was not up to him because at first glance they seemed like a big problem for the bank. Rich and successful “Rock star in the political world.”
In addition to serving on Trump’s Interim Committee, Scaramucci briefly served as the White House communications director in July 2017.
During his testimony, he described when Florida’s first results came in on Election Night 2016, alongside former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Giuliani “turned to me and said: ‘It is very possible that now Mr. Trump wins the election.’
Scaramucci is scheduled to resume his testimony on Tuesday. When he left court, he declined to comment on the trial or anything else: “This is unusual for me, isn’t it?”
Recently, he used to speak harsh words for Trump, even tweeting earlier this year: “Republican elected officials still support Trump.
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