Dear Steve - I heard. Nearly 3 years later GUILTY AF
Also what’s the over/under on Defendant Calk filing a notice of Appeal? I’m going with by July 21, 2021 but meh whadda I know
Gotta get this off my chest:
Before Twitter suspended my @File411 account, I had publicly and repeatedly stated if that account is suspended I would not return to that platform. I have not returned to Twitter. Nor do I have any plans to ever return to that toxic and dangerous platform. Also my sincere apologies to the numerous Twitter accounts that are now being targeted by the very same sick Trolls, Stalkers and Obsessed sociopaths. You don’t deserve being targeted. I am genuinely sorry that you are now being abused by these mentally damaged individuals. It’s horrible and it’s wrong.
For the umpteenth time, perhaps this will finally sink into the damaged heads of the sick and abusive crew of narcissistic sociopaths and predators. Who are still on Twitter and still exhibiting predatory and abusive behaviors.
I AM NOT ON TWITTER and I won’t be returning
This abusive crew should really stop falsely accusing accounts. Insofar as this crew’s continuation of the abuse, stalking and emotional terrorism. Conversely I just want to thank you for continuing to provide me with evidence that is promptly turned over to both Federal and State Law Enforcement and my Attorneys. Spoiler deleting tweets in this particular situation is consciousness of guilt behavior. And it’s hysterical because my Attorneys already sent Twitter a preservation notice and a few subpoenas. Maybe you should consider getting real job. Maybe you should consider filing your income taxes (from 2015 et seq). Just a thought not a sermon. Slowly steps off soap box and picks up microphone…
Dangled Secretary of the Army Position
If you followed me on Twitter then you’ll recall in March of 2017 I created an insanely long thread with the various Loans/Mortgages obtained by Paul Manafort. I tweeted the actual NYC ACIS documents which contained the numerous “questionable loans” —I ended that long forgotten Twitter thread with - book it Manafort will be charged with Loan Fraud and his loan master Stephen Calk will be charged. I believe that was on March 14, 2017 pity I can’t recover those tweets.
Thereafter I created numerous Twitter threads about Federal Savings Bank (from March 2017 thru January 2021) and it’s former CEO, Stephen Calk. While much of that research has been flushed down the Twitter toilet - there are still tiny bread crumb trails of my previous research. Or is all of that research gone?
Nope, found here
In March of 2021 I published the following article: Steven Calk -meets Superseding Indictment —what took so long and as my SOP I embedded a pretty decent amount of original documents (both Congressional Communiques and various Court Filings) —thereafter I then published this March 20, 2021 Article Mr & Mrs Manafort sued by Federal Savings Bank and naturally embedded multiple court filings concerning that case. Admittedly I then moved on to other more timely news and various research projects and oddly forgot about Calk’s trial. Also I decided to temporarily migrate over to Scribd and uploaded I think 14 new court filings in the USA v Calk criminal case. Found here
July 13, 2021 Jury Verdict Defendant Calk GUILTY AF
When the news broke that the Jury had returned a verdict 1 in the Stephen Calk criminal case…I was kind of like “meh saw that coming” but nonetheless I felt an obligation to my loyal readers/followers. Not to humble brag but when I was on Twitter I can say I was one of the accounts that consistently and timely provided my followers with actual original documents and gave a quick observation of what I thought was important on aforementioned court filings. Twitter was great for expediency but not so great on expanding the factual conversation. Thus I’m thankful that Substack has given me an opportunity to use their platform —even though I have (and Substack) been targeted by two DDOS attacks. Yet I’m still here.
Relevant and largely overlooked Court Filings
July 9, 2021 -Document No 250- LETTER (see SDNY-ECF or via Scribd) by Stephen M. Calk addressed to Judge Lorna G. Schofield from Paul H. Schoeman dated July 9, 2021 re: Response to the Government's Letter Regarding the Court's Draft Final Jury Charge…
The main counter argument by Defendant Calk as it relates to the Final Jury Instructions;
A False Exculpatory Charge Is Not Warranted
Further Instruction on Defining “Value” is Not Necessary -this related to value of bribe of which the Jury was charged with assigning a value or if the Government proved the value was greater than $1K
Government’s Propose Charge On Intent Is Confusing And Misleading
Court’s Proposed Instruction On Immunity Is Correct - here Defendant Calk points to two previous witnesses Messrs Brennan and Raico —who asserted the Fifth Amendment “and Raico was shown to have previously lied under oath and engaged in a fraud scheme, among other crimes”
“which surely constitutes a sufficient predicate that both men believed they might be charged with a crime, had the government not agreed to provide immunity for their testimony against Mr. Calk”
July 9, 2021 OPINION AND ORDER as to Stephen M. Calk (see SDNY-ECF or see Scrubd Upload) ... CONCLUSION: For the reasons above, Defendant's objection to the preliminary charge was OVERRULED and the application to omit the Court's accompanying slides was DENIED.
I have never requested any compensation nor do I ever plan to. I regularly pay for the Court Filings and then upload those filings to a public drive. I can pay the cost of the PACER fees, because well…duh I have a job. And I can afford to spend the money. Not once have I ever pushed or pimped myself out with a GoFundMe, Patreon, PayPal or other online crowd funding. The moment I do that is the precise moment you should scrutinize my motives because I would expect you to do so. And yes I’m a little tired of not only seeing my research plagiarized but also seeing individuals take what I paid for and lack the ethical and professional decency to attribute. Mother of flaming dragons, why can’t people just be decent and show a modicum of ethical professionalism. La sigh I digress
July 14, 2021 Document 256 thru 256-10
SDNY ECF Link yes I spent almost $9 to make sure my readers have access to these public court filings and then I provide you with a link to said documents. Please see my ScribdProfile for the 89 additional pages that hit Calk’s docket on July 14, 2021
Document No 256-8 is 28 pages long and it appears this was the preceding Jury Instructions—meaning before parties asked the Court to make changes/edits
Document No 256-9 is a 25 page document -a cursory review nothing sticks out because while yes these jury instructions are narrowly tailored to Defendant Calk’s case —it’s also pretty standard and the Court provided parties ample opportunity to file an objection and/or replacement language
JURY INSTRUCTIONS July 12, 2021
United States v. Stephen Calk 19-cr-366
The PowerPoint in question is Document No 256-10 and to be clear preliminary jury instructions/charges are perfectly acceptable but not mandatory. The essence of Defendant Calk’s strategy was to do an 11th hour Opposition of the Government and the Court’s final jury instructions - Calk argued the PowerPoint was unnecessary. Because it actually helped jurors make sense of all the evidence and elements required to prove guilt.
What comes next?
I feel comfortable in ruminating that Defendant Calk will likely file a Notice of Appeal. Procedurally this is pretty standard. And if I’m reading the July 7 thru 9th filings correctly —then my educated guess is Defendant Calk will argue the District Court erred as it relates to Messrs Brennan and Raico and the July 9th denial of his motion regarding the final jury instructions, specifically the PowerPoint presentation. But again you are more than welcomed to disagree with my educated guess. For now I think you are in fact sufficiently fully debriefed on this matter. If I did this correctly this article should publish while I’m eyeballs deep in editing rogs. -Filey
Just an FYI —Google Drive is behaving in a odd way so I migrated uploading Court documents to Scribd via https://www.scribd.com/user/489178812/File-411 - And full disclosures I’ll likely vacillate between Google Drive and Scribd
Man! You were WAY ahead of the curve on this one Filey. The first I remember hearing about Calk was on Maddow. Google let me find it & watch again. It was from 2/26/2018. I don't think I was following you on Twitter at that point, but your research was almost a year ahead of this Maddow broadcast and that's pretty damned impressive . . . at least to me because I respect Rachel Maddow a lot. BTW, I think you must be a speed reader to read all this stuff at the rate & level of comprehension you do. It takes me quite a while when I'm skimming!
Now I think you must be right about him filing an appeal. In fact, he'd be a damned fool not to. I think I read elsewhere that he's looking at a maximum of 35 years? I wasn't able to find what the minimum he might get is, but I can't imagine it's anything to sneeze at for a man who's used to spending his time in a nice, clean and I'm sure tastefully decorated "C suite."
Here's the link to the Maddow piece I first saw on Calk if anybody's interested. She starts talking about him & his bank at around the 3 minute 55 second mark. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/banker-s-divorce-could-expose-role-in-manafort-trump-scandal-1171278915960
Thanks again for another absorbing read Filey. Have a great day!
I remember reading that Twitter thread about the mortgage machinations of ostrich-coat Manafort and the wanna-be Calk. I've been rooting for his conviction since. Do you see any circumstance where either state or feds can go after ostrich coat again?