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Trump Ally Facing UAE Lobbying Charges Released on Massive $250m Bond
A bail agreement for Thomas Barrack, a longtime confidant to former US President Donald Trump who is accused of violating foreign lobbying laws, was reached on Friday, effectively paving the way for the billionaire businessman's looming release from custody. Barrack's Friday court hearing in Los Angeles, California, concluded that the Trump ally could be released from custody while he awaits trial on federal charges that include illegally acting as a ...
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China: US Slandering Efforts to Pursue Criminals Overseas
China says the United States is slandering its efforts to pursue criminal suspects overseas, as Washington accuses Beijing of targeting and intimidating dissidents in other countries. “The US side is slandering China’s work of recovering fugitives and stolen goods,” Chinese Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday. “China firmly opposes this,” he added. Zhao explained that the US was home to the largest number of suspects accused of corruption and other ...
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Pentagon Confirms Training Assassins
The Pentagon has confirmed that at least seven of the former Colombian army officers detained for their role in the July 7 assassination of the Haitian president had received US-funded military training. “Thus far, we’ve identified seven individuals who were former members of the Colombian military that had received some sort of - US-funded and provided education and training,” Pentagon’s Press Secretary John Kirby. He said he knows of no current plans ...
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Biden Incites against Hezbollah, Extends ‘National Emergency’ for Lebanon
US President Joe Biden claimed that Hezbollah’s activities ‘undermine’ Lebanon’s sovereignty, in a clear instigation against the Lebanese Resistance movement. In a letter to the Congress on Tuesday, the US president extended the so-called ‘state of national emergency’ in Beirut. “Certain ongoing activities, such as Iran’s continuing arms transfers to Hezbollah which include increasingly sophisticated weapons systems serve to undermine Lebanese sovereignty, contribute to political and economic instability in the ...
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Trump Ally Barrack Arrested on Foreign Lobbying Charges
Thomas Barrack, a billionaire friend of Donald Trump who chaired the former president's inaugural fund, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with illegally lobbying the Trump administration on behalf of the United Arab Emirates. A seven-count indictment filed by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, said that Barrack, a former employee and an Emirati businessman failed to register as lobbyists and used their influence to advance the UAE's foreign policy ...
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