like a dictatorship, for example, pulling that from an op-ed and changing it to something like regime or something more neutral-sounding. and then lobbying on who would get various important jobs during the early days of the administration. and basically two-way feedback with the united arab emirates, not only advancing their interests with the administration but reporting back to them on what was happening. i just want to make sure we re clear when we re talking about an agent, you re talking about kind of someone working in their interests. we re not talking about a secret agent like a spy, someone gathering information from them. that s not what this means in this context, right? i m not so sure, joshua. sometimes this charge, he s been charged with is referred to as espionage light. and they are talking about a two-way street here in terms of information. it s not just lobbying. it s getting what the government calls, the u.s. government calls non-public information about thing
something more neutral-sounding. and then lobbying on who would get various important jobs during the early days of the administration. and basically two-way feedback with the united arab emirates, not only advancing their interests with the administration but reporting back to them on what was happening. i just want to make sure we re clear when we re talking about an agent, you re talking about kind of someone working in their interests. we re not talking about a secret agent like a spy, someone gathering information from them. that s not what this means in this context, right? i m not so sure, joshua. sometimes this charge, he s been charged with is referred to as espionage light. and they are talking about a two-way street here in terms of information. it s not just lobbying. it s getting what the government calls, the u.s. government calls non-public information about things that the trump administration was about to do and relaying it to united arab emirates, which may have t
about flipping. at 74 years old, that could amount to a life sentence. remember, this is not a faira case. that s for failure to register as a lobbyist for a foreign entity. when you are talking about what barrack is charged with, it is far more serious. it is a crime working directly with a foreign government. it is also a crime referred to by some as espionage light. it is what maria butina was charged with, the russian spy. so this is really serious for barrack. and the uae used them as their own pseudo ambassador because he was so well connected. they asked him to develop a special 100-day policy proposal. that goes beyond just lobbying. one other thing. he was so dumb to lie to the federal investigators. and now they hit him with lying and obstruction of justice.