Barrack Prosecutors Say a Former Congressman’s Arrest Upset UAE Envoy Bid

Plan disclosed in criminal case of Trump fundraiser Barrack
Details match case of ex-GOP lawmaker Steve Stockman of Texas

Tom Barrack Jr., center, arrives at criminal court in New York, on July 26, 2021.Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg

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By Patricia Hurtado

August 26, 2022 at 6:17 PM UTC

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August 26, 2022 at 10:56 PM UTC

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The United Arab Emirates tried in 2017 to get a former Republican congressman appointed as US ambassador, but the plan was scuttled after he was arrested on fraud charges, prosecutors said in a separate case against a onetime fundraiser for Donald Trump.