Former Advisor to Presidential Candidate Among Three Defendants Charged with Acting as Agents of a Foreign Government

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1. 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.

   Charges, campaign advisory role, and inaugural-chair role

   Federal prosecutors charged Trump's inaugural chair in a UAE-agent case · All counts later ended in acquittal

2. charged

   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.

   Charging summary and defendant background

   Trump's inaugural chair was charged as a covert UAE agent—and acquitted on every count · Acquitted on all counts by a federal jury on November 4, 2022.