Trump 2017 inaugural committee head arrested, accused of being UAE agent
By Chris Williams
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Tom Barrack, former Deputy Interior Undersecretary in the Reagan administration, delivers a speech on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Image
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LOS ANGELES - Thomas Barrack, the chair of former President Donald Trump's 2017 inaugural committee and two others have been federally charged in a seven-count indictment, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Barrack, Matthew Grimes, and Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi allegedly acted and conspired to act as agents of the UAE between April 2016 and April 2018 to influence the presidential election, public opinion and the U.S. government, according to a press release from the DOJ.