Tom Barrack Case Involves Classified Materials, Lawyers Say
- Prosecutors will invoke Classified Information Procedures Act
- Trump ally Barrack accused of acting as unregistered UAE agent
Tom Barrack Jr., center, departs from criminal court in New York, U.S., on July 26.
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The criminal case against Tom Barrack, the U.S. businessman accused of acting as an unregistered agent of the United Arab Emirates, involves national security information, court filings show.
Prosecutors in New York didn’t spell out the nature of the secret data, but said the case will involve the Classified Information Procedures Act, known as CIPA. Judges use CIPA to prevent the unnecessary disclosure of classified information, while weighing the national security cost of such a disclosure.