The criminal trial of Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the businessman and long-time ally of Donald Trump, began on September 19th.
The DOJ alleges that Barrack acted as an agent of a foreign government and that he used his relationship with Trump to try to advance the interests of the United Arab Emirates. The outcome of Barrack's trial could shed light on how foreign nations sought to cement influence within the Trump Administration, as well as how the DOJ is ramping up its prosecution of undisclosed foreign lobbying. Barrack denied any wrongdoing.
The criminal trial of the close Trump associate also comes amid increasing legal troubles for the former President himself, who faces criminal investigations into his alleged involvement in the 2021 riots in the U.S. Capitol. Trump denies any wrongdoing.
The trial of Tom Barrack is currently going on.
He built his fortune from real estate investments. Colony Capital became DigitalBridge in 1991. The firm now manages $34 billion in assets, including $16 billion in commercial real estate and distressed debt focused funds. Barrack was worth at least $1 billion.
Trump and Barrack have been friends for a long time. According to the Center for Public Integrity, Barrack raised $23 million for Trump's 2016 presidential bid and served as chairman of the committee that oversaw the inauguration.
Barrack is the grandson of immigrants from the Middle East. According to the Washington Post, he has done a lot of business in several countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. According to reports, Barrack convinced Trump to hire him for the presidency. Manafort pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to his political consulting work in Ukraine as part of a plea deal with the special counsel.
According to the New York Times, Barrack held a unique place in the Trump world, as evidenced by the fact that he opened communications between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Emiratis.
Between April 2016 and April 2018, Barrack, along with his assistant Matthew Grimes, and the official of the U.S. embassy in the U.S., were indicted by the DOJ for conspiring to act as agents of the U.S. According to the indictment, Barrack was charged with obstruction of justice after making false statements to law enforcement. According to the Los Angeles Times, Barrack was briefly arrested in July of 2021.
The two men have pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Barrack is accused of lying to federal officials and being an agent of a foreign government. He is being accused of being an agent of a foreign government.
The lawyer did not reply to the request. According to CNN, Al Malik fled the US in April of last year, three days after he spoke with the FBI.
It is not illegal for Americans to lobby for foreign governments, but they need to register as foreign agents in order to do so. The DOJ alleges that Barrack, Al Malik, and Grimes used Barrack's close relationship with Trump to advance the interests of and provide intelligence to the U.S., and failed to notify the Attorney General that they were doing so at the direction of senior U.S. officials The work included putting pro-UAE language into a Trump campaign speech in May 2016 as well as getting talking points from senior officials in the United Arab Emirates. According to the DOJ, Barrack "nailed it" for the home team after he appeared in a press conference.
The summit didn't take place.
After weeks of back and forth between Barrack's lawyers and DOJ over what candidates could be allowed to serve on the jury Monday's jury selection comes after weeks of back and forth between Barrack's lawyers and DOJ over what Candidates could be allowed to serve on the jury Over 30 prospective jurors were asked to be removed from the trial. On September 2, Judge Brian Cogan said that people who disliked Trump could be considered for the jury. The trial is expected to go on for a long time.
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