The court filings also alleged that Barrack had connections to senior leaders in both the UAE and Saudi Arabia – both countries without extradition treaties with the United States. Alshahhi hasn’t returned to the United States, and he remains at large.
They noted that his co-defendant in the case, Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, fled the United States three days after he was interviewed by the FBI in 2018. READ: Indictment of Tom Barrack in foreign lobbying case In a court filing, the Justice Department had asked that he be held in custody while he is moved to New York for his arraignment, calling him a serious risk of flight due to his “vast wealth,” foreign connections and access to private aircraft. Prosecutors had evidence last year to charge prominent Trump ally Tom Barrackīarrack was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles, where he had an initial appearance in front of US Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue.
Thomas Barrack, Executive Chairman and CEO, Colony Capital, participates in a panel discussion during the annual Milken Institute Global Conference at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Apin Beverly Hills, California. Grimes will be subject to GPS location monitoring with an electronic bracelet and travel restriction. The judge on Friday had also ordered Grimes released on a $5 million bond. A spokesman has said he intends to plead not guilty.īarrack and co-defendant Matthew Grimes were released from custody later Friday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. He must appear in federal court in Brooklyn on Monday, where he will be arraigned. He will have a curfew to be determined by pretrial services. The judge also ordered Barrack to wear a GPS location monitoring bracelet, barred him from transferring any funds overseas and restricted his travel to parts of Southern California and New York. A federal magistrate judge on Friday ordered Tom Barrack, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump who was indicted earlier this week on charges of illegal foreign lobbying, released from jail pending trial, freeing him on a bail package that includes a $250 million bond secured by $5 million in cash.
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