Bank CEO charged in Manafort bribery scheme designed to get Trump post

The head of a Chicago-based bank was charged in an indictment unsealed on Thursday with bribery and accused of approving $16 million in high-risk loans to President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort in a scheme to land a top Trump administration post such as secretary of the U.S. Army.


from Reuters: U.S. https://reut.rs/2HT2pZb

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