Posted on 07/20/2021 4:31:22 PM PDT by Enlightened1
The chair of former President Donald Trump's inaugural committee in 2017 was arrested Tuesday on federal charges in Los Angeles for illegally lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates during the 2016 campaign and later while Trump was in the White House.
Thomas Barrack, 74, was hit with a seven-count indictment relating to trying to push the UAE's agenda in the US and shape the foreign policy of the previous administration.
Barrack is the founder of the private equity firm Colony Capital, though stepped down as the company's chief executive in 2020, and in April resigned as executive chairman.
He is a close friend of Trump, a relationship that dates back to the 1980s.
'He is the only person I know who the president speaks to as a peer,' Trump's longtime political adviser Roger Stone said of Barrack in a 2018 New York Times report.
Barrack was due to appear at an initial appearance in federal court in Southern California.
Barrack was charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making multiple false statements during a June 20, 2019 interview with federal law enforcement agents.
The charges were brought in Brooklyn.
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Not if he’s guilty.
Kerry registered as a foreign agent. This guy thought paperwork was not necessary for him. Hence the arrest.
But John Kerry Iran’s ambassador to the US walks free.
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