Trump ally Tom Barrack strikes a $250 million bail deal to get out of jail

[Poiuyt]

A federal magistrate judge on Friday ordered Tom Barrack, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump who was indicted earlier this week on charges of illegal foreign lobbying, released from jail pending trial, freeing him on a bail package that includes a $250 million bond secured by $5 million in cash.

The judge also ordered Barrack to wear a GPS location monitoring bracelet, barred him from transferring any funds overseas and restricted his travel to parts of Southern California and New York. He will have a curfew to be determined by pretrial services.

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They noted that his co-defendant in the case, Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, fled the United States three days after he was interviewed by the FBI in 2018. Alshahhi hasn't returned to the United States, and he remains at large.

The court filings also alleged that Barrack had connections to senior leaders in both the UAE and Saudi Arabia -- both countries without extradition treaties with the United States. That created the potential, prosecutors said, that Barrack could have "the assistance" of those countries' "highest leaders" if he were able to flee to those countries via his private aircraft.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/politics/tom-barrack-bail-hearing/index.html

[Rustyeye77]

1. That's pocket change to him.

He’ll get out of the country with his connections.

Hello Seychelles.

[gldstwmn]

11. I agree. If he wants to go, he will.

[hlthe2b]

2. How long before he disappears in the middle of the night on a private plane to UAE*

*where luckily he will fall into the embrace of his benefactors, and 'coincidentally' there is no extradition treaty with the US.

All just improbable, of course...

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. When you scored billions what's a $25MM bail?

Peanuts. Hope they took all his passports and is wearing a anckle bracelet. We'll see if he ever shows up for trial.

[Rustyeye77]

4. At Age 74 ?

I’m outta here and live on the beach.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Can you elucidate?

Not sure of your point.

[drray23]

8. Probably mean that is what Barrack will think.

He won’t want to spend the rest of his life in jail and instead gladly ditch 250 millions and flee to the UAE.

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. If there is no extradition treaty there, then, yeah.

You can slip a bracelet and forge passport documentation, if the price is right. He is the quintessenal flight risk.

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. If this was an Obama or Biden associate as closely tied to them as he is to Trump, the entire

country would explode with concern and rage.

No story would play anywhere for days, ONLY this.

Every newspaper would deep dive the connection between him and the prez.

The brains of cons would explode on ceilings they would be so upset.

[Pinback]

7. Jail is for little people. (nt)

[onecaliberal]

9. He will be in the wind.

[niyad]

12. 5 mil on a 250 mil bond? Isn-t the usual 10 percent? What about the other 20 mil?

He will join ken lay by the end of the month.

[Thunderbeast]

13. He will soon be on a Gulfstream headed for the Middle East

His ankle bracelet will be found in a quarry somewhere.

They did it to free a student who killed my neighbor's child.

They will certainly do it for a wealthy intelligence asset.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/saudi-crimes-united-states-flee-pre-trial-60-minutes-2020-12-13/

Everyone will wink, shrug their shoulders, and say that they could never have anticipated a quarter billion bail skip.

Lack of imagination is rampent with these people.

[GoodRaisin]

14. He keeps plenty of money.

If I was in his situation I would be gone. No reason to stay and go to prison.

[Whiskeytide]

15. He paid $5mil to secure ...

… a $250 mil bond. If he skips, a bond company will have $245mil damn good reasons to fetch his ass back to the courthouse.

[msfiddlestix]

16. So, wonder what this Federal Magistrate is getting out of the deal.

any leads on that angle? it's gotta be sweeeeet. enough for a really cozy retirement for the rest of the century.


I just hate being reminded of how completely vile and corrupt our justice system is.

gonna give this site a break for little while.

Judges, FBI agents, DEA, Military, just endless corruption.