Donald Trump ally Tom Barrack has been acquitted of federal charges. He was accused of using access to Trump to secretly promote a Gulf nation's interests.
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK — Donald Trump's inaugural committee chair, Tom Barrack, was acquitted on all counts Friday at a federal trial in which he was accused of using his personal access to the former Republican president to secretly promote the interests of the United Arab Emirates.
In closing arguments on Tuesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Harris told jurors that Barrack schemed to become the"eyes, ears and the voice" for the Emirates as part of a criminal conspiracy to manipulate Trump's foreign policy. At the same time. he leveraged his back-channel connections to get the UAE to funnel tens of millions of dollars into an office building he was developing and into one of his investment funds, he added.
"He was involved in the campaign because he's loyal to his friends — maybe to a fault," the lawyer said.
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