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Trump donor and ally knocks former president’s foreign policy awareness: ‘Could not spell Middle East’

Tom Barrack, 75, was the chairman of Trump’s inaugural fund and also one of his 2016 campaign’s top donors

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Trump pal Tom Barrack, on trial for alleged foreign influence peddling, says he set up Trump meeting with Leonardo DiCaprio in 2016

NEW YORK — Trump friend Tom Barrack told a federal jury Tuesday that he was the architect of the former president’s 2016 climate change meeting with actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Tribune News Service · Oct 25, 2022

At federal trial, financier navigates friendship with Trump

A wealthy financier is facing questions at a federal trial about his friendship with Donald Trump

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022

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Billionaire pal: Trump was "disastrous"

Asked if he should have supported someone else for president, Tom Barrack replied, "unquestionably"

Salon · Oct 25, 2022

Colony’s Barrack testifies Trump presidency was ‘disastrous’ for him

NEW YORK — Tom Barrack testified that his support for longtime friend Donald Trump’s presidency proved “disastrous” for him and his business and suggested it was also the reason he’s on trial for allegedly acting as an agent of the United Arab Emirates.

Tribune News Service · Oct 24, 2022

On witness stand, Trump ally denies foreign influence charge

A close ally of former President Donald Trump has taken the witness stand at his federal trial to deny charges he secretly fed confidential information about the Trump administration to the United Arab Emirates

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

Steve Mnuchin testifies on behalf of Trump ally at NYC trial

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has testified as a defense witness at the New York City trial of a Donald Trump ally

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

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Ex-Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to be called as witness at Tom Barrack trial

NEW YORK — Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is expected to be called to testify as a defense witness in the trial of Colony Capital LLC founder Tom Barrack on charges of acting as an agent of the United Arab Emirates, a prosecutor said.

Tribune News Service · Oct 20, 2022

‘Trump is the man’: trial paints a White House plagued by foreign influence

The legal woes of investor Tom Barrack, accused of secretly lobbying for the Emirati regime, add to the image of a Trump circle beset by influence-peddling and corruption

The Guardian - US · Oct 10, 2022

Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson takes stand against Trump friend Tom Barrack

NEW YORK — Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testified at a criminal trial about the Trump administration’s seemingly chaotic foreign policy while leveling a veiled criticism at Jared Kushner.

Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022

Tillerson to testify at corruption trial of Trump adviser

Rex Tillerson, who served as secretary of state under former president Donald Trump, is set to testify against the former chair of Trump’s inaugural committee

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022

Rex Tillerson to testify at Tom Barrack’s trial, lawyers say

WASHINGTON — Rex Tillerson, who served as Secretary of State for little more than a year during the Trump administration, will testify next week as a prosecution witness at the trial of Tom Barrack, defense lawyers said Saturday.

Tribune News Service · Oct 2, 2022

‘Trump is the man’: Barrack touted friendship to UAE in 2016

NEW YORK — In May 2016, as Donald Trump began racking up Republican primary victories, his friend Tom Barrack sent an email to an official in the United Arab Emirates.

Tribune News Service · Sep 30, 2022

US trial begins for Trump ally accused of illicit UAE lobbying

Prosecutors say Tom Barrack involved in scheme to garner ‘power and money’; defence denies he acted as a foreign agent.

Al Jazeera · Sep 22, 2022

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Tribune News Service · Sep 21, 2022

Trump pal Thomas Barrack accused of being United Arab Emirates agent and trying to influence US policy for ‘power and money’

After Donald Trump won the 2016 election, his mega-rich pal Tom Barrack started formulating a plan with officials at the United Arab Emirates on how to influence U.S. policy — and was asked to provide information about who would be tapped for crucial Cabinet positions, federal prosecutors allege.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Prosecutor says Trump ally Barrack peddled influence at criminal trial

Tom Barrack, the private equity executive and onetime fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, and his former assistant acted as a foreign government's illegal back channel to the Trump administration, a U.S. prosecutor said on Wednesday in opening statements at their criminal trial.

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Opening statements set for trial against close Trump ally

A close ally of Donald Trump is in court fighting charges he secretly worked as an agent for the United Arab Emirates

Tribune News Service · Aug 27, 2022

Prosecutors in Barrack case say a former congressman’s arrest upset UAE's envoy bid

The United Arab Emirates tried in 2017 to get a former Republican congressman appointed as U.S. ambassador, but the plan was scuttled after he was arrested on fraud charges, prosecutors said in a separate case against a onetime fundraiser for Donald Trump.

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Reuters · Aug 26, 2022

Ex-congressman's arrest ended UAE push to get him named U.S. envoy, prosecutors say

An effort by the United Arab Emirates to convince the United States with the help of a wealthy real estate investor to name former congressman Stephen Stockman as U.S. ambassador to that country during Donald Trump's presidency unraveled with the lawmaker's 2017 arrest on fraud charges, prosecutors said.

Salon · Aug 17, 2022

A Trump pal, lost in the swamp

Once the subject of glowing biz-mag profiles, bad-boy investor and Trump pal Tom Barrack may end up in prison

The Independent UK · May 24, 2022

Trump's inaugural chair pleads not guilty to latest charges

The chair of former President Donald Trump's inaugural committee has pleaded not guilty to the latest charges in an indictment accusing him of secretly working for the United Arab Emirates to influence Trump's foreign policy

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Prosecutors detail charges against Trump's inaugural chair

Federal prosecutors have further detailed the allegations against the chair of former President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee

Axios · Apr 27, 2022

Scoop: Former U.S. ambassador accused of illegal foreign lobbying

The former ambassador to Pakistan and the UAE allegedly took tens of thousands of dollars.

Tribune News Service · Jan 31, 2022

Trump friend Tom Barrack wants federal case against him dismissed

Colony Capital founder Tom Barrack asked a U.S. judge to throw out charges that he illegally acted as an agent of a foreign government.

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