Tom Barrack, a private equity investor and former senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, was arrested Tuesday over illegal foreign lobbying he allegedly did on behalf of the United Arab Emirates while Trump was in office and campaigning for re-election.
Barrack served as chairman on Trump's 2017 inaugural committee. He was issued a seven-count indictment in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, accused of acting as an agent of the UAE, obstructing justice, and falsifying statements to federal officials.
The indictment alleged that the two other defendants and Barrack used Barrack’s special status to “advance the interests of and provide intelligence to the UAE while simultaneously failing to notify the Attorney General that their actions were taken at the direction of senior UAE officials.”
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