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Three former U.S. intelligence and military operatives have admitted providing sophisticated hacking technology to the United Arab Emirates and agreed to pay...

Prosecutors say the United Arab Emirates, a top U.S. partner in the Middle East, illegally interfered in the 2016 election. Do U.S. officials care?

NJ wife of celebrity scammer charged in kidnapping of critic The 21-year-old wife of an Instagram personality in North Jersey has been accused of taking part in a kidnapping scheme involving one of her husband’s critics. Joumana Danoun, of Paterson, was charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping, witness tampering and bribery, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced. Danoun’s husband, Jebara Igbara, also known on social media as “Jay Manzini,” was arrested and charged with kid...

Trump ally Thomas Barrack released on $250M bond Published  article BEVERLY HILLS, CA - APRIL 29: Thomas Barrack, Executive Chairman and CEO, Colony Capital, participates in a panel discussion during the annual Milken Institute Global Conference at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 28, 2019 in Beverly Hills, Californ Expand LOS ANGELES - Thomas Barrack, who chaired President Donald Trumps inaugural committee, has been granted a bail package in Los Angeles federal court that includes a $250 m...

Read / Add Comments A former NYPD sergeant turned Bergen County private investigator is among a group of defendants accused in a federal indictment of stalking and harassing an expatriated couple in New Jersey to return to China to face prosecution there. Michael McMahon, 53, of Mahwah helped “gather intelligence about and locate” the husband, who was wanted by People’s Republic of China for “embezzlement, abuse of power [and] acceptance of bribes,” the indictment return...

Trump inaugural committee head accused of being agent of a foreign government Share Updated: 8:01 PM PDT Jul 20, 2021 By BRIAN MELLEY and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Trump inaugural committee head accused of being agent of a foreign government Share Updated: 8:01 PM PDT Jul 20, 2021 GET OUR POLITICS NEWSLETTER Share Updated: 8:01 PM PDT Jul 20, 2021 By BRIAN MELLEY and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press The chair of former President Donald Trumps ...

By City News Service Photo: Getty Images LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Thomas Barrack, a top fundraiser for Donald Trump and ex-chairman of the former presidents inaugural committee, resigned from the USC Board of Trustees today, one day after his arrest on charges of unlawfully lobbying for the United Arab Emirates. “Tom Barrack has voluntarily resigned from the USC Board of Trustees effective immediately, according to a statement from the board Wednesday. Barrack, 74, of Santa Monica, was arrested i...

Donald Trumps BEST FRIEND Arrested On Federal Charges Home » Donald Trump » Donald Trumps BEST FRIEND Arrested On Federal Charges Donald Trump earned the recycled moniker “Teflon Don” because he always seems to evade criminal charges — nothing sticks. But the thing about teflon is, all that greasy mess slides off, but it still has to go somewhere — and usually that means sloshing on all the surrounding kitchenware. Metaphor aside, over the past few years, the criminal charges have rea...

Trump inaugural committee head accused of being UAE agent FILE - This photo from Thursday Jan. 19, 2017, shows Inaugural Committee chairman Tom Barrack speaks at a pre-Inaugural "Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration" at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Barrack, chair of former President Donald Trumps 2017 inaugural committee, was arrested Tuesday, July 20, 2021 in California on charges alleging that he and others conspired to influence Trumps foreign policy positions to be...

Updated July 20, 2021 at 8:14 PM ET Thomas Barrack, a longtime friend of Donald Trumps who chaired the former presidents inauguration committee, was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that he acted as an agent of a foreign government. Prosecutors said Barrack, 74, parlayed his close ties to the Trump White House to advance the interests of the United Arab Emirates. Along with Barrack, Matthew Grimes, 27, of Aspen, Colo., and Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, 43, a UAE national, are accus...