Didn't TM retire from the FBI? If so, why would he need $80,000? You would think a person who retired from that kind of occupation was set up with retirement accounts and would not have to worry about money at all. Unless he is a gambler or made poor decisions with a property he blew his money on. That part of the "loan" or a financial gift baffles me!
I'm not so sure this $80k figure is significant in this case at all. There are many reasons that seem logical to me that there would have been a transfer of money, down payment of new house in NC, wedding costs, other moving expenses on the US side. I myself have moved across the Atlantic and it is no cheap venture and also got married in US while living in Ireland. There were several transfers made both when I moved and when I got married. I don't think this is an avenue of relevance in this trial. But of course, if it is, we'll hear it in the next few weeks.