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Thomas Barrack, Trump ally who chaired inaugural committee, indicted in foreign lobbying case

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Today at 2:53 p.m. EDT

Thomas J. Barrack, a longtime friend to former president Donald Trump and a billionaire businessman, was arrested on Tuesday for violating foreign lobbying laws, officials said Tuesday.

Barrack, whose primary residence is in Los Angeles, was taken into custody in California and indicted on foreign lobbying charges related to his dealings with the United Arab Emirates, according to an indictment filed in Brooklyn federal court.

He and two other defendants are accused of acting and conspiring to act as agents of the UAE between April 2016 and April 2018. Officials also alleged that Barrack lied to FBI agents in 2019 during an interview about his dealings with the UAE. He did not immediately return a request for comment Tuesday.

A real estate titan who became wealthy buying out-of-favor assets, Barrack was one of Trump's closest associates during the campaign and in office, regularly speaking to the former president, visiting him and channeling him to others, including business officials and leaders in foreign countries.

He chaired Trump’s inaugural committee, which also faced federal investigation for its spending and activities, and at one point was considered as a candidate to become ambassador to Mexico.

Barrack joins a long list of friends, campaign associates and other Trump advisers who have faced criminal charges, including his former campaign chairman; the chief financial officer at his company; the former Trump Organization lawyer; Trump’s former White House strategist; and his former national security adviser.

Trump later pardoned some of those figures.

Barrack helped rescue Trump's business empire decades ago and was a top fundraiser for his campaign, though he declined to enter the administration. He was also a regular adviser on the Middle East, jetting through the region and talking with royalty and leaders, and sought to make Trump more interested in the topic.

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This, from 2019, is the TL;dr on the Barrack stuation:
USAToday - July 29, 2019:

The Trump administration’s move to sell sensitive nuclear technology
to Saudi Arabia took shape even before the president took office and
was championed by Donald Trump’s longtime personal friend and
fundraiser, Thomas J. Barrack Jr., according to a new report released Monday by congressional Democrats.
The report details how Barrack used his personal connections to the
president and other Trump administration officials to win support for
the controversial Saudi nuclear deal – at the same time he was seeking
funding from the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates for a bid to
purchase Westinghouse Electric Company, the only U.S. manufacturer of
large-scale nuclear reactors.
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They have to enter a collective "insanity" plea. It could actually work, as they are truly looney.
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Indicted Trump ally Thomas Barrack to be released on $250 million bond, must appear in New York next week

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NEW YORK — A California judge on Friday set bail at $250 million for the billionaire investor and longtime friend of former president Donald Trump indicted on a charge of breaking foreign lobbying laws, ordering him to appear in federal court in New York next week.

Thomas J. Barrack, 74, who waived his court appearance for discussion of the prearranged release agreement, was expected to be freed from a jail in Los Angeles later Friday. His ex-wife Rachelle and son Thomas Barrack III were suretors on the bond.

Jonathan Grunzweig, an executive at Colony Capital, the investment firm Barrack founded, was the third person to endorse the major bond. Grunzweig is now chief investment officer for other equity and debt at DigitalBridge, which absorbed Colony Capital in 2015.

Barrack’s co-defendant, Matthew Grimes, 27, was set to be freed on a $5 million bond. Both men must wear GPS monitoring devices and were ordered to travel to New York for an afternoon proceeding on Monday in federal court in Brooklyn.

How Barrack’s alleged illegal lobbying shaped Trump’s policies in the Gulf

They were indicted on charges related to failing to register as lobbyists for the United Arab Emirates, whose government they worked for for over two years beginning when Trump campaigned for office in 2016. The pair allegedly sought to influence Trump’s campaign — and later his administration — to advance policies that were favorable to the wealthy Gulf state.

Barrack, who served as chairman of Trump’s inaugural committee, is also charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements to FBI agents in 2019.

Both men were arrested Tuesday. A third defendant,
43-year-old Rashid al-Malik, had been living in California but fled the country days after the FBI interviewed him in 2018. He is a citizen of the UAE.

At the court proceeding in Los Angeles on Friday, Matthew Herrington, an attorney for Barrack, asked permission for his client to spend the night at a hotel before he returns to his Santa Monica home and prepares to leave for New York. Barrack’s legal team also asked the court to ensure his monitoring device would be issued to him on Friday — so as not to delay his release.

“We have moved great mountains to ensure that Mr. Barrack is able to get out before the weekend so he can get to New York and appear for his arraignment Monday,” Herrington said.

An attorney for Grimes did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Excerpts from the 1/6 Hearings today(1)

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