Thomas Barrack, a billionaire friend of Donald Trump, has been arrested and charged with illegally lobbying the Trump administration on behalf of the UAE
Prosecutors said Barrack also provided UAE government officials with sensitive information about developments within the Trump administration — including how senior US officials felt about the Qatari blockade conducted by the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries.
Also charged in a seven-count indictment were Matthew Grimes, 27, of Aspen, Colorado, who is a former executive at Barrack’s company, and Rashid al Malik, 43, a businessman from the United Arab Emirates who prosecutors said acted as a conduit to that nation's rulers.Barrack and Grimes were arrested in Southern California while al Malik was at large, believed to be living somewhere in the Middle East, authorities said.
Barrack raised $107 million for Trump's inaugural celebration, which was scrutinized both for its lavish spending and for attracting numerous foreign officials and businesspeople looking to lobby the new administration. When Barrack tried to get Trump to appoint him as either the US ambassador to the UAE or as special envoy to the Middle East, he wrote al Malik 'that any such appointment ‘would give ABU DHABI more power!’" prosecutors wrote.
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