Why is the arrest of Trump campaign insider Tom Barrack a big deal?
He is being prosecuted for acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Saudi...
My 2019 thread on how his corrupt nuclear lobbying for Saudi implicates:
Mike Flynn
Jared Kushner
Rick Gates, Rick Perry, MBS...
He is being prosecuted for acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Saudi...
My 2019 thread on how his corrupt nuclear lobbying for Saudi implicates:
Mike Flynn
Jared Kushner
Rick Gates, Rick Perry, MBS...
https://twitter.com/jedshug/status/1097947056021348352
2/ @WendySiegelman and I were working in 2018-19 to explain how Brookfield (links to Qatar and United Arab Emirates) bailed out Jared Kushner on his 666 5th Ave. debt disaster.
She notes the Brookfield deal also implicates Mnuchin, Ross, Mattis & Pompeo
She notes the Brookfield deal also implicates Mnuchin, Ross, Mattis & Pompeo
https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1155982136958021632?s=20
3/ Correction: Tom Barrack was indicted for acting as a foreign agent for UAE, which is more connected to Brookfield than Saudi.
@politico: "Also charged in the case were an aide to Barrack at his firm Colony Capital, Matthew Grimes, & a businessman from UAE, Rashid Al-Malik..."
@politico: "Also charged in the case were an aide to Barrack at his firm Colony Capital, Matthew Grimes, & a businessman from UAE, Rashid Al-Malik..."
4/ The Saudi nuclear link (@politico):
"The 3 men charged in the case were working at the time on efforts to help Saudi Arabia acquire nuclear technology from the U.S.
That project, which became the focus of a House Oversight Committee investigation..."
politico.com/news/2021/07/2…
"The 3 men charged in the case were working at the time on efforts to help Saudi Arabia acquire nuclear technology from the U.S.
That project, which became the focus of a House Oversight Committee investigation..."
politico.com/news/2021/07/2…
5/ "...included an effort to use UAE & Saudi funds, along w/ U.S. investments, to take over the energy firm Westinghouse. The House probe found that Al-Malik was acting both on behalf of UAE and Saudi officials."
- @politico
@WendySiegelman & I connect Westinghouse to Kushner.
- @politico
@WendySiegelman & I connect Westinghouse to Kushner.
My comment on the House Oversight Report on Brookfield and Tom Barrack's nuclear deal:
Westinghouse was the key firm in the deal.
Brookfield bought Westinghouse at the same time...
& is linked to Qatar.
Brookfield bought Kushner's 666 5th Ave in 2018.
Westinghouse was the key firm in the deal.
Brookfield bought Westinghouse at the same time...
& is linked to Qatar.
Brookfield bought Kushner's 666 5th Ave in 2018.
https://twitter.com/jedshug/status/1104038999625216000?s=20
7/ This legal twist on mens rea is very interesting:
"While FARA requires proof that a person knew his or her conduct was illegal, the foreign-agent statute used to charge Barrack and his co-defendants requires no such proof."
h/t: @robertjdenault
"While FARA requires proof that a person knew his or her conduct was illegal, the foreign-agent statute used to charge Barrack and his co-defendants requires no such proof."
h/t: @robertjdenault
https://twitter.com/robertjdenault/status/1417577587036065804?s=20
8/
tl;dr…
But if you did read, the criminal liability here, the stigma of espionage, and the likelihood of conviction due to the documentation in the indictment lower mens rea requirement put significant pressure on Tom Barrack to cooperate.
tl;dr…
But if you did read, the criminal liability here, the stigma of espionage, and the likelihood of conviction due to the documentation in the indictment lower mens rea requirement put significant pressure on Tom Barrack to cooperate.
https://twitter.com/danielsgoldman/status/1417925409413419010
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