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By: EFE
Thursday, October 10
Former corrupt Trump adviser agrees to pay impressive $ 250 million bail
Thomas Barrack , a former adviser to the former US president Donald Trump who was arrested for having acted as an alleged foreign agent of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), reached an agreement this Friday for the payment of a bail of $ 250 million dollars in exchange for his release and awaiting trial.
Barrack, against whom the Department Justice announced federal charges last Tuesday after being arrested in Los Angeles, he will regain his freedom by order of a federal judge in that city, reported the CBNC networks and CNN .
In return, the decision requires that bail is guaranteed for $ 5 million in cash, other $ 21. 23 millions in values and Barrack’s house in California, detailed CNBC.
According to this same source, Judge Patricia Donahue ordered the billionaire investor to hand over his passport, use an electronic bracelet to track his location, and undergo a curfew . You will also not be able to transfer funds abroad or mobilize more than $ 50,000 Dollars , except for the payment of his attorneys’ fees.
The former counsel must appear next Monday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, reported CNN.
Barrack, a friend of Trump for decades, was one of those who cooperated with the Republican election campaign in 2016 and chaired the organization in charge of his investiture in 2016.
Former Trump adviser tried to illegally advance UAE interests
The Justice Department reported Tuesday that Barrack faces federal charges in a New York court for his “illegal attempts to further UAE interests in United States”.
According to the indictment, the investor, of 60 years, “influenced the political positions” of Trump when he was presidential candidate in 2016 and also when he came to the White House to adjust to the interests of that Persian Gulf country.
Along with three other defendants, Barrack worked to “advance the interests (of the UAE) and provide intelligence to the UAE, without notifying to the Attorney General of the United States that he was following instructions from senior officials ”from that Arab country, explained the Department of Justice.
The federal authorities also charged his two alleged aides in the plot: Matthew Grimes, of 27 years – who was also arrested on Tuesday – and an Emirati citizen of 43 years, Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, who is still free.
Barrack, who is also charged with “obstruction of justice ”and for making false statements during an interview in June of 2019 with FBI agents, is one of multiple former Trump advisers who have faced federal charges .