Trump's inaugural chair was charged as a covert UAE agent—and acquitted on every count
Federal prosecutors charged Thomas Barrack with acting at the direction of senior UAE officials to influence Trump's campaign and administration and with obstruction and false statements. A jury rejected the case and acquitted Barrack on all counts in 2022.
Entities and roles
- Donald J. Trumpcandidate and president whose inaugural committee Barrack chaired
- Thomas J. Barrack Jr.inaugural chair and acquitted defendant
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumphad presidential inaugural committee chaired byThomas J. Barrack Jr.
Claims and evidence
- factdocumented
A federal jury acquitted Barrack on all counts on November 4, 2022.
- Reuters: Trump ally Barrack acquitted of acting as UAE foreign agentNovember 4, 2022 verdict report
- allegationcharged
Barrack chaired Trump's 2017 inaugural committee and was charged in 2021 with acting and conspiring to act as an unregistered UAE agent, obstruction of justice, and false statements concerning alleged efforts to influence Trump's campaign and administration.