(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, 20 JUL - Tom Barrack, the billionaire great friend and ally of Donald Trump, was arrested by the FBI on charges of secretly lobbying for some Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia and the Arab Emirates, interested in influence the deltycoon presidential campaign and its subsequent administration following the 2016 US presidential victory.
The facts, on which the New York prosecutor's office has been investigating for three years following the suspects born in the course of the investigation into Russiagate, date back to the period between 2016 and 2018, with Trump who after the conquest of the White House appointed Barrack, always one of his closest advisors, president of the inaugural committee, the one in charge of organizing the Inauguration Day ceremony, on the day of the inauguration of the new president. (HANDLE).