Trump Ally Tom Barrack Charged With Secretly Working For UAE, Justice Department Says
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Barrack, who chaired Donald Trump's inaugural committee, altered the former president's statements and policy on behalf of the Emirates, an indictment says.
Tom Barrack, a longtime friend of former President Donald Trump and the chair of Trump’s inaugural committee, secretly worked for the government of the United Arab Emirates for more than a year as he helped shape Trump’s campaign and presidency, according to a Justice Department indictment released on Tuesday. Prosecutors say Barrack and two partners ― a U.S. employee named Matthew Grimes and an Emirati liaison named Rashid Alshahhi ― illegally interfered in U.S. politics on behalf of a foreign power and then tried to hide the crime. Federal agents have arrested Barrack and Grimes; Alshahhi is at large. The indictment reveals the often-successful efforts by the UAE, still a major U.S. partner in the Middle East, to exploit Trump’s haphazard approach to foreign policy to advance its own ends over U.S. interests. It also torpedoes the reputation of Barrack, a prominent real estate investor who helped bolster Trump among skeptics in the media and the business world.
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