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By City News Service
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Thomas Barrack, a top fundraiser for Donald Trump and ex-chairman of the former president s inaugural committee, resigned from the USC Board of Trustees today, one day after his arrest on charges of unlawfully lobbying for the United Arab Emirates.
“Tom Barrack has voluntarily resigned from the USC Board of Trustees effective immediately, according to a statement from the board Wednesday.
Barrack, 74, of Santa Monica, was arrested in the Southland Tuesday in connection with a seven-count federal indictment unsealed in New York. He is expected to appear in court in downtown Los Angeles on Monday.
By City News Service
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Thomas Barrack, who chaired President Donald Trump s inaugural committee, was arrested today in the Los Angeles area in connection with a federal indictment accusing him and two others of unlawfully lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates during the 2016 presidential campaign and beyond.
Barrack, 74, of Santa Monica, was named in a seven-count indictment unsealed today in New York, along with Matthew Grimes, 27, of Aspen, Colorado, and Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, 43, a UAE national, according to the Department of Justice.
Barrack and Grimes were both arrested in California and were expected to appear in federal court in downtown Los Angeles sometime Tuesday afternoon, according to the DOJ. Alshahhi remains at large.
Tom Barrack: Former head of Trump inaugural committee arrested, charged with acting as agent of UAE
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President inauguration committee chairman Tom Barrack speaks at a pre-Inaugural Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
By: Scripps National
and last updated 2021-07-20 16:47:36-04
The Department of Justice Tuesday said that Tom Barrack, the former head of President Donald Trump s inaugural committee, was arrested and charged with conspiring to act as an agent of the United Arab Emirates and lying to investigators.
The Justice Department also arrested Matthew Grimes, a 27-year-old from Colorado, and Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, aka Rashid Al Malik, a UAE national, in connection with the investigation. Prosecutors say the three are facing similar charges.