Federal prosecutors charged Trump's inaugural chair in a UAE-agent case
Reporting and findings
- charged
Federal prosecutors charged Thomas Barrack, who had informally advised Trump's 2016 campaign and chaired Trump's presidential inaugural committee, with acting and conspiring to act as an unregistered UAE agent, obstruction of justice, and false statements; these were allegations, not findings of guilt.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Eastern District of New York: Former Advisor to Presidential Candidate Among Three Defendants Charged with Acting as Agents of a Foreign GovernmentCharges, campaign advisory role, and inaugural-chair role
Summary and current status
The charge record is preserved as an allegation and paired with the later acquittal as a separate disposition.
All counts later ended in acquittal
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpDonald Trump root
- Thomas J. Barrack Jr.Trump campaign adviser and inaugural chair charged in UAE-agent case
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. TrumpTrump adviser and inaugural chair in UAE-agent prosecutionThomas J. Barrack Jr.