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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!

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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?

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