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Photo: John Moore/Getty Images Following in the footsteps of six other Trump 2016 campaign staffers who have been hit with federal charges since their candidate was elected, former adviser and inaugural committee chair Tom Barrack was charged on Tuesday for illegally lobbying the U.S. government on behalf of a foreign power and lying about it to federal law-enforcement agents.
The indictment filed by Brooklyn federal prosecutors alleges Barrack worked as an agent of the United Arab Emirates between 2016 and 2018 to “influence the foreign policy positions of the campaign” and “the foreign policy positions of the U.S. government” in favor of Emirati interests. Barrack, 74, is a longtime friend of Donald Trump and a wealthy private-equity real-estate investor, as well as the former owner of Harvey Weinstein’s Miramax production company.
According to prosecutors, Barrack edited a Trump campaign speech on energy policy in 2016 in favor of Emirati interests and sent an advance draft to senior UAE officials. In press appearances around that time, Barrack also sought feedback from UAE officials for media hits he did in support of UAE goals. After one such appearance, according to court papers, Barrack wrote to an alleged co-conspirator: “I nailed it … for the home team,” referring to the UAE.
If Barrack needs to vent after his arrest in Los Angeles on Tuesday, he has plenty of former co-workers he could sulk with: Michael Flynn, Rick Gates, Steve Bannon, Michael Cohen, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort, whom Barrack personally recommended to Trump, have all either pleaded guilty or been convicted of federal crimes.
The list grows even longer if you take into account Trump’s former campaign manager, Brad Parscale, who was arrested last year in Florida after allegedly loading a gun while drinking during a fight with his wife. Then there’s Elliott Broidy, the former RNC finance chair and Trump fundraiser, who pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered foreign agent on behalf of Malaysian and Chinese government interests.
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