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Posted on 07/20/2021 1:25:04 PM PDT by BurgessKoch
Real estate titan Tom Barrack was arrested on Tuesday morning on federal charges tied to illegally lobbying Donald Trump for the United Arab Emirates, according to the Department of Justice.
A seven-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Barrack, Matthew Grimes and Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, also known as “Rashid Al Malik” and “Rashid Al‑Malik,” a citizen of the United Arab Emirates, with acting and conspiring to act as agents of that nation between April 2016 and April 2018, according to the Department of Justice.
The indictment said the charges are related to advancing the interests of the UAE at the direction of senior UAE officials by influencing the foreign policy positions of the campaign of a candidate in the 2016 presidential election. The indictment did not name Trump, but did say the candidate was eventually elected president.
The indictment also charges Barrack with obstruction of justice and making false statements during a June 20, 2019, interview with federal law enforcement agents.
Barrack and Grimes were arrested Tuesday morning in California and were scheduled to make their initial appearances this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue at a federal courthouse in Los Angeles. Alshahhi remains at large.
“The defendants repeatedly capitalized on Barrack’s friendships and access to a candidate who was eventually elected president, high-ranking campaign and government officials, and the American media to advance the policy goals of a foreign government without disclosing their true allegiances,” stated acting Assistant Attorney General Mark Lesko in a statement.
Barrack founded real estate giant Colony Capital. He stepped down as CEO in 2020 and as executive chairman earlier this year.
Between April 2016 and November 2016, Barrack was an informal adviser to Trump’s campaign and chaired his presidential inaugural committee. He was an informal adviser to senior U.S. officials on foreign policy issues for the Middle East. He also sought appointment to a senior role in the U.S. government.
It came to light in the summer of 2019 that Barrack was under scrutiny for his ties to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Federal prosecutors looked at whether Barrack, whose firm took in at least $1.5 billion from those two countries after Trump won the Republican presidential nomination, sought to sway the Trump campaign and later the administration on foreign-policy decisions.
Barrack, an Arabic speaker of Lebanese descent, has deep ties to the Middle East and has been adept at bringing in money for real estate ventures from wealthy investors there.
His dealings in the region date back to the 1970s, when he was a lawyer at the firm of President Richard Nixon’s personal attorney.
Chances are that many Chinese do this exact sort of thing - or worse - for Democrats and never face charges.
I do not understand these guys that get caught lying to the FBI. Why in the hell would you say anything to them? The best defense is not to talk to them.
Yet Hunter Biden is selling paintings to God knows who and no one cares..meanwhile Joe Biden and his brother sold America out to the highest bidder and not a peep
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ALL THE SWAMP GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD.
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Where’s Hunter?
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Exactly. I guess since Hunter illegally lined the pockets of Daddy Joe and the entire Biden Crime Family - he gets a pass.
I have no idea. If an agent of the federal government asked me what time it was, I’d tell him to buy a watch.
If you shook his hand, you are obviously a Co-conspirator.
Remember, it can't happen here is happening here. Let the Purge begin...
LOL, me too. I have told my wife and daughter if anyone came to our door wanting to ask us questions tell them no or speak to our attorney
Emails show Hunter Biden lined up lucrative lobbying gig for then-Veep dad Joe
Clean Up in Aisle Seven! The Enemy Media left a big puddle of drool there, hoping to tie Trump to this crime!
You don’t even say “Good Morning” to an FBI Agent. All you say is, “I want Legal Representation”. Anything else, your ass is in jail.
How is this different from the Clinton Foundation?!
https://gab.com/QAnon211/posts/106608008052273873
If Trump runs again, he will have an ever harder time getting help, in any form, from anyone. Meanwhile, Obama’s campaign turned off the address verification for donations by credit and/or debit card. That way, they could raise untraceable funds from anyone and anywhere in the World. Biden took his crooked son on foreign trips, just so money could flow to the Biden Family. Hillary was bribed when she was Secretary of State... They couldn’t get Trump, so they go after everyone around him.
Didn’t John f’in Kerry do this exact same thing.... multiple times...
“I do not understand these guys that get caught lying to the FBI.”
He could say, “It’s raining.” The FBI would write down that he said, “It’s not raining.” I wonder how I could have been so proud of them in the past. Now I’d like to wear my pointiest shoes and kick every one of them in the caboose.
So, was it in the UAE interest for the US to increase oil production? Since that is their chief product, I seriously doubt it. So, just like with the rest of the trash indictments, inuendo, etc, just don’t buy it.
Guilty because of association. Where’s Hunter? Where Swalwell? The connected keep getting richer and more powerful under this administration. Meanwhile they’re rounding up Jan 6th participants for daring to enter “The Peoples House” and frightening their representatives. What a joke.
Sounds like another way to spy on the Trump campaign
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