circle. a former advisor and a man who was the chairman of the trump inaugural committee tom barrack has been arrested for illegal foreign lobbying, capitalizing on barrack s status with trump to, quote, advance the interests of and provide intelligence to the uae while simultaneously failing to notify the attorney general that their actions were taken at the direction of senior uae officials. barrack is one of many people in donald trump s orbit who are facing charges or have been convicted or are under investigation. joining me is elliot williams, cnn legal analyst, former federal prosecutor and former deputy assistant attorney general. barrack was acting secretly as a foreign agent, obstructed justice and lied to the fbi, according to the indictment. what kind of trouble is he facing? pretty serious trouble.