>>> 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.
>> I DONT WANT TO -- THATS
PAUL MANAFORT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
CHAIRMAN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL
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.
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?
MANAFORT MONEY?
PROSECUTOR SAID STEVEN CALK
REPEATEDLY IGNORED -- 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.
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 CONVICT ON BOTH
COUNTS.
HE FACED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
BRIBERY AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BRIBERY.
PAUL MANAFORT THE UNNAMED
COCONSPIRATOR.
OF COURSE THEN HE WAS PARDONED
BY TRUMP BEFORE TRUMP LEFT OFFICE.
STEVEN CALK NOW FACES A PERATIVE PERSPECTIVE MAXIMUM PRISON
PERSPECTIVE MAXIMUM PRISON
SENTENCE OF UP TO 30 YEARS.