Trump ally Tom Barrack acquitted of foreign agent charges
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s inaugural committee chair, Tom […]
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Former President Donald Trump’s friend and former fundraiser, Tom Barrack, was found not guilty Friday on all counts he acted as an unregistered foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the Trump administration and then lied to the FBI about those associations.
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s inaugural committee chair, Tom Barrack, was acquitted of all counts Friday at a federal trial in which he was accused of using his personal access
Billionaire Tom Barrack, a prominent ally of former president Donald Trump, was found not guilty of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.
Barrack, 75, was charged with acting as unregistered foreign agent of the United Arab Emirates, obstruction of justice and making false statements to the FBI.
Tom Barrack was acquitted on charges that he tried to influence the campaign and administration of his longtime friend, former President Donald Trump, as an agent of the United Arab Emirates.
Tom Barrack, a Donald Trump loyalist, has been acquitted at a federal trial in which he was accused of using his access to the former president to promote the interests of the United Arab Emirates.
Donald Trump’s inaugural committee chairman was acquitted of all counts Friday at a federal trial in which he was accused of using his personal access to the former president to secretly promote the interests of the United Arab Emirates.
By Lauren del Valle and Sonia Moghe, CNN Tom Barrack, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, was acquitted on all federal foreign lobbying charges at a courthouse in Brooklyn on Friday. Jurors deliberated for about 13 hours beginning on Wednesday.
Tom Barrack was an informal adviser to Trump’s campaign and testified about his efforts to ease concerns in the Middle East regarding the former president's travel ban against Muslim-majority countries.