| As
Barrack Not
Guilty Of
Being UAE
Agent
Prosecutions
under FARA or
951 in
Question
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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EDNY MEDIA ROOM,
Nov 4 –
Thomas Barrack
and Matthew
Grimes,
indicted for
illegal
lobbying for
the United
Arab Emirates,
were arraigned
on July 26,
2021 before
U.S. District
Court for the
Eastern
District of
New York
Magistrate
Judge Sanket
Bulsara. Inner
City Press
live tweeted
it here
(and podcast here)
On
November 1,
the US
Attorney's
Office made
its closign
argument.
Inner City
Press was
there, see
below.
On
November 4,
the jury
returned with
verdicts: all
not guilty. It
calls into question
how DOJ will use Section
951, and even
FARA, going
forward.
Inner
City Press
expects Iran
spy indictee
Afrasiabi to
raise this
result in a
renewed bid
for dismissal.
Watch this
site.
From
the closing:
OK -
now at US v.
Tom Barrack
closing
arguments in
EDNY
Assistant
US Attorney:
Mr. Barrack
sent his UAE
messaging to
Erin Burnett,
a popular
anchor... He
wrote, "I
nailed it on
Bloomberg." He
got messages
from MBZ how
they were
impressed how
he was a
trusted
friend. When
he appeared on
Charlie Rose
and praised
the UAE
AUSA:
Mr. Barrack
apologized
that he hadn't
mentioned the
Sheikh [text
messages shown
on screen to
jury] AUSA
shows jury
transcript of
Rex Tillerson
testimony.
AUSA: I urge
to consider
these exhibits
and the
contradictions
between them,
including
about the
proposed Camp
David meeting.
What incentive
did Al-Malik
have to make
up a
conversation
and put it in
his phone?
AUSA:
...and Mr.
Barrack put
these words in
the
President's
mouth [Shows
jury a Trump
photo, which
may or may not
be happening
in 100 Centre
Street Trump
Org trial
right now -
more on that
later] AUSA:
Mr. Grimes
asked, Any
word from
Khalifa?
AUSA:
Four days
later the
article went
to Forbes
Magazine for
distribution
to the
American
public
[Inner City
Press: That
might be
overstating it
- echoes of
Razzlekhan,
the
self-proclaimed
Crocodile of
Wall Street,
who also used
/ paid for
placement in
Forbes
But
that's another
case...]
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