Saturday, July 24, 2021

Trump Ally Tom Barrack Freed on $250 Million Bond in Foreign-Agent Case

This is very dangerous stuff! If non-politician individuals choose to get involved in a U.S. president's administration, but have to fear they will by hunted and persecuted by the next administration!

This hunt for President Trump administration officials is dangerous! Every individual will think twice to join a U.S. administration! This will clearly bias those, who will be coming forward and who will be selected. 

This almost requires a federal law to protect former non-career U.S. administration officials.

When will Hunter Biden be finally prosecuted?

"Mr. Barrack, who was arrested in Los Angeles Tuesday, was ordered to appear in federal court in Brooklyn on Monday, when he will be arraigned on charges of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false statements during a 2019 interview with federal law-enforcement agents. ... A spokesperson for Mr. Barrack has said he isn’t guilty of the charges.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue agreed to the 74-year-old Mr. Barrack’s release on several conditions, including a $250 million bond with $5 million in cash deposited and held in the trust account of Paul Hastings LLP, his attorney’s law firm. Mr. Barrack, who didn’t appear in court in Los Angeles Friday, also had to surrender his passport and agree to location monitoring. ..."
 
Trump Ally Tom Barrack Freed on $250 Million Bond in Foreign-Agent Case - WSJ (behind paywall) The real-estate investor and former Trump adviser will appear in federal court Monday on charges that he acted as a U.A.E. foreign agent and lied to federal investigators

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