A mysterious unnamed banking executive authorized 16 million dollars in loans for Paul Manafort and tried to get a key position in the campaign, recent filings from Special Counsel Robert Mueller reveal:
(CNN) Prosecutors for special counsel Robert Mueller intend to present evidence at the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort that a banking executive allegedly helped Manafort obtain loans of approximately $16 million while the banker sought a role in the Trump campaign[...]
"The government intends to present evidence that although various Lender D employees identified serious issues with the defendant's loan application, the senior executive at Lender D interceded in the process and approved the loan," according to the filing from Mueller's team.
The bank executive "expressed interest in working on the Trump campaign, told (Manafort) about his interest, and eventually secured a position advising the Trump campaign," the filing said. The unnamed man "expressed an interest in serving in the administration of President Trump, but did not secure such a position."
Clearly, as a strategy, Mueller has chosen not to reveal at the point the identity of Lender D and the senior executive who obtained an advisory role for the Trump campaign and sought a cabinet position in exchange for the clearly ill-advised loans, but there is enough specifity in the allegations to make it clear that he is aware of who this person is, and it is most likely that he will most reveal this tidbit at a later point when he will either use him or her as a witness against the uncooperative Manafort, or criminally charge him or her, or both.