According to his #FARA case, Tom Barrack ran an influence operation for the UAE.
Part of the help Barrack allegedly brought included a complete strategy for the UAE to influence US politics with current co-defendants Rashid al-Malik & Matt Grimes.
Al Malik was Tom Barrack's guest to Donald Trump's inaugural events in 2017.
Learn more about Tom Barrack's role as the head of the Presidential Inaugural Committee and his dealings with Al Malik and others in our SEVEN DAYS IN JANUARY podcast theknows.net/podcast/seven-…
We have another deep dive into more of Tom Barrack's “long lines” from the Middle East to the Trump administration coming soon.
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BONUS EPISODE: The narration of our first T.M.I. post about Tom Barrack leveraging his Ukrainian network to put Paul Manafort on Trump's 2016 presidential campaign is now available to listen on podcast platforms and our site. theknows.net/tmi/queuing-up…
DID YOU KNOW: Trump was initially uninterested in hiring Manafort because of his association with "dirty trickster" Roger Stone.
Imagine how different things would be if Tom Barrack hadn't "leaned hard" on Trump to hire Manafort.
"DADDY, TOM SAYS WE SHOULD GET PAUL"
Trump kept dismissing the idea of hiring manafort for the campaign because of his association with Stone, so Tom Barrack pushed harder – this time, through Ivanka.
Ivanka forwarded an email pushing for Manafort's hire.