Thomas Barrack, an ally of former US President Donald Trump, has been arrested on charges of lobbying for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Barrack was indicted Tuesday for pressuring foreign countries in favor of the UAE, in a case that US federal prosecutors have described as an attempt to influence foreign policy positions in both Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. as of the subsequent Administration.
The former adviser to the New York magnate is charged with seven counts of acting as an agent of the UAE between April 2016 and April 2018. He is also charged with obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents, explains the US network. CNN.
In fact, Barrack and two other men – Matthew Grimes of Aspen, Colorado and Rashid al-Malik Alshahi, an Emirati national – capitalized on Barrack’s status as a senior adviser during the Trump campaign. in order to “promote the interests of the UAE and provide Intelligence to them, while not reporting that their actions were carried out under the direction of senior UAE officials”.
“The defendants repeatedly capitalized on Barrack’s friendships and access to a candidate who was ultimately elected president, high-ranking government and campaign officials, and the US media to advance the political goals of a foreign government without revealing their true allegiances.”Mark Lesko, acting head of the Justice Department’s national security division, said in a statement.
Many allies of the former US president have so far been arrested or charged and in some cases convicted of various crimes. Trump himself also faces several lawsuits, in part for tax evasion.
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