Article snippet: (Bloomberg) -- A Chicago banker who loaned millions of dollars to Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was charged by prosecutors with bribery for seeking a post in the Trump administration in return for $16 million in loans. Stephen Calk was appointed to a post as economic adviser to Donald Trump’s campaign in summer 2016, days after his bank approved a $9.5 million loan, federal prosecutors in New York said. Months later, after Trump was elected president, Calk was recommended for a position in the Trump administration while loans worth more than $6 million were awaiting approval at Calk’s bank, they said. A former U.S. Army helicopter pilot, Calk, 54, faces a single count of financial institution bribery in an indictment unsealed Thursday. He is scheduled to appear later in the day in federal court in New York. Calk’s attorney didn’t immediately return a call for comment. Manafort isn’t named in court papers, but the description of the high-ranking campaign official matches him. Calk’s name came up several times during Manafort’s criminal fraud trial last year as a lender seeking a post in the administration. The indictment is the latest to target a Trump campaign associate and indicates that prosecutors are aggressively pursuing offshoots of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. In addition to Manafort, former Trump aides Michael Cohen and Michael Flynn have been convicted of federal crimes. Calk gave the bor... Link to the full article to read more