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By City News Service Photo: Getty Images LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Thomas Barrack, who chaired President Donald Trump's inaugural committee, was arrested today in the Los Angeles area in connection with a federal indictment accusing him and two others of unlawfully lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates during the 2016 presidential campaign and beyond. Barrack, 74, of Santa Monica, was named in a seven-count indictment unsealed today in New York, along with Matthew Grimes, 27, of Aspen, Colorado, and Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, 43, a UAE national, according to the Department of...

Thomas Barrack was a prominent supporter of Trump's successful 2016 presidential campaign. Photo: AFP A seven-count indictment filed by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, alleged that Barrack, a former employee and an Emirati businessman failed to register as lobbyists and used their influence to advance the UAE's foreign policy goals in the US. Barrack is also alleged to have repeatedly lied during an FBI interview about his dealings with the UAE. Barrack's spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "The defendants repeatedly capitalised on Barrack's friendships...

Trump inaugural committee head accused of being agent of a foreign government Share Updated: 10:01 PM CDT 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: 10:01 PM CDT Jul 20, 2021 GET OUR POLITICS NEWSLETTER Share Updated: 10:01 PM CDT Jul 20, 2021 By BRIAN MELLEY and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press The chair of former President Donald Trump's 2017 inaugural committee was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he secretly conspired to influ...

NEW YORK — The chair of former President Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he conspired to influence Trump’s foreign policy positions to benefit the United Arab Emirates and commit crimes striking at what prosecutors described as “the very heart of our democracy.” Tom Barrack, 74, of Santa Monica, California, was among three men charged in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, with conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent as they tried to influence foreign policy while Trump was running in 2016 and later while he was president....

Brian Melley And Larry Neumeister FILE - This photo from Tuesday Jan. 10, 2017, shows Tom Barrack before a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump peaking in New York Barrack, chair of former President Donald Trump's 2017 inaugural committee, was arrested Tuesday, July 20, 2021 in California on charges alleging that he and others conspired to influence Trump's foreign policy positions to benefit the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) July 20, 2021 - 7:55 PM LOS ANGELES (AP) — The chair of former President Donald Trump's 2017 inaugural committe...