Saturday, July 24, 2021

What?!? Cheeto listened to someone named "Barrack"? There's a first

 1. Yes, I know his name is spelled differently that the former President's.


2. $250 million?  You just know that Cheeto's first thought was "Yeah, but he wouldn't be in trouble without me, so where's my cut?"


From NBCNews -

Tom Barrack, former Trump inaugural chair, released on $250 million bond


Former Trump inaugural committee chair Tom Barrack on Friday was released from federal lockup in California on a $250 million bond ahead of his scheduled arraignment in New York on charges that he acted as an agent of the United Arab Emirates and obstructed justice.

As part of the terms of his release, Barrack, 74, is subject to electronic monitoring and will have to foot the bill for his GPS ankle bracelet, Judge Patricia Donahue ordered, signing off on an agreement that had been worked out between the government and Barrack's attorneys.

[snip]

A longtime friend of former President Donald Trump, Barrack had been behind bars since his arrest Tuesday on charges that he and two co-defendants were "acting and conspiring to act as agents" of the UAE between April 2016 and April 2018, but without registering as foreign agents.

The only real question left is does he get Epsteined before the arraignment on Monday or before a trial?


I'm guessing before a trial, but either way, if he physically cannot appear, the bond will be returned to his estate.



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