He briefed Trump on foreign contacts, Barrack says
Against charges of illegal lobbying at his trial on Tuesday Former President Donald Trump’s longtime friend Tom Barrack continued to defend himself, with United Arab Emirates officials as he tried to help Trump better understand Middle East issues telling jurors that he briefed then-candidate Trump on his interactions. By illegally lobbying the Trump campaign and subsequent administration on behalf of the UAE Barrack, a billionaire California real estate investor, testified for the second day in his own defense as a foreign agent against charges that he acted. Barrack about a meeting he had with a UAE official in the spring of 2016 Barrack’s defense attorney questioned, on the UAE’s behalf where prosecutors have alleged he agreed to become a foreign agent. Including Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, Emails later showed Barrack telling Trump officials about the meeting. “With Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan if the purpose of your meeting was to agree with him”, to secretly inf...