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

[orangecrush]

Source: CNN

CNN —
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.

He must appear in federal court in Brooklyn on Monday, where he will be arraigned. A spokesman has said he intends to plead not guilty.

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

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Liberty and Justice for all that can afford it.

The prosecution asked for him to stay in jail before being moved to New York, describing him as "a serious risk of flight due to his “vast wealth,” foreign connections and access to private aircraft."

[flying_wahini]

1. $5 million is probably nothing to this guy

[Jakes Progress]

10. $5 million to him is $200 to me.

Crooks in he system. He will never go to trial. He will never testify. They won't be able to turn him.

[hlthe2b]

2. I can't imagine providing him $245 million in bond to cover the excess after $5 million

WHY would he not head to the UAE with minimal delay. There is NO extradition treaty between UAE and US. He can get someone to smuggle him in on a private jet with no passport.

Do the justices on courts today have NO imagination?

[orangecrush]

3. Sounds like strings were pulled

And pockets greased.

[Rebl2]

8. That was

my thought too

[flying_wahini]

4. If he did flee I think Biden would pursue him.

He will probably be put on bail for YEARS.

[multigraincracker]

5. That would only leave him with, around

$750 million that would be hard to transfer out of the US. He'd have to think long and hard about that.

[kimbutgar]

6. I wonder if they confiscated his passport?

Private jets can be hired for rich people like him or one of his allies could get him out of the country.

[gab13by13]

24. He already conned his way

to fly from California to NY in a private jet.

[RicROC]

7. I hope he doesn't get 'epsteined' before his trial

[Tiger8]

9. Freeze his assets, then confiscate, then jail him

Tom Barrack must be busted down and broken, and never see another day of freedom.

Tom Barrack is a traitor. He sold out US interests to enrich himself. It pisses me off to see scum like him game the system. If there's any justice, he will die a slow, painful death from some hideous disease.

[monkeyman1]

11. put a chip in his skull !! play hell digging that out !!

[Evolve Dammit]

12. Such a two tiered justice system. One for the rich and the rest can go directly to jail. nt

[BradAllison]

13. The fix is in

It's laughable that anyone thinks any Trump related person will serve one day in jail.

[orangecrush]

21. He can't pardon them anymore

Watch and see how long it takes for his flunkies to turn on him.

[PoliticAverse]

14. If he flees the bail was too low, if he doesn't it wasn't. n/t

[marble falls]

15. If he skips on the $250M, does his mom lose her house?

[orangecrush]

22. Exactly the point.

2 justice systems in America.

[marble falls]

25. Saw a bit of a local version here in Marble Falls, this evening ...

My nieghbor who used to be a very bad man, stepped off the crap sidewalk onto the gutter of a busy road and some driver reported him as stumbling into traffic.

But first a little background on him: he has since been in an auto accident that should have killed him. I've seen the xrays. There is the longest 1/4" flat head wood screw I've ever seen going completely side to side holding his pelvis together. His legs are full of rods, screws, pieces of sheet metal. His feet look like someone took that coffee can of random screws, nails, wire etc from your dad's garage and dumped it on his feet. Oh yeah, and the Huntington.

He's not capable of out running a tree or making a straight line. He's been stopped by town police and I want to say, we have a fine police force. And a lot of them know him from that, and the fact he's a powerlifter who regularly bench presses over 300# at the same gym they all go lift at.

The Constable decided my friend need arresting. Even though the three police officers thought we could let him walk with help to the 20' to hi apartment. It took a half hour of the four of us and the EMS guys before they backed off. My friend told the constable that I would take care of him (which I do because he'd be the lonliest man in town, otherwise.) and the constable told him he was "a drug addict" and Marble Falls was "just another drug addict covering for him."

Petty bullshit about nothing. The constable told me I can't complain to anyone because they answered to no one.

The constable's wrong. I do vote and as a geezer, I live to share my personal grievances.

[ancianita]

16. Prosecutors wrote a letter seeking his detention.

They noted that he has citizenship in the U.S. and Lebanon, a country with no extradition treaty with the U.S.

Anyone want to bet he'll be gone, passport or no passport?

[FakeNoose]

18. Sure, the private jet is already warming up

Somebody upthread said Barrack won't be able to get his dough out of the US.
Are you kidding me? His dough was already offshored, long before Chump came in.

[ancianita]

19. Yep. Likely more than one, in several locations.

[COL Mustard]

17. Luckily The Guys Who Helped Carlos Ghosn Get Out Of Japan Are Busy

Otherwise this guy would probably follow suit.

[Historic NY]

20. Cash I hope, no check.

[truthisfreedom]

23. Should have been no bail.

Worth estimated at $1.1B.

[malthaussen]

26. My question is this: what bail bondsman in the world can cover a $250 mil bond?

When this guy skips (and he will skip), somebody is holding the bag for $245 mil.

-- Mal

[sarcasmo]

27. Highest bail in American history.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

28. Trump ally denies acting as foreign agent

A close ally of former US president Donald Trump who is one of his top fundraisers pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he illegally lobbied on behalf of a foreign government.

"Of course I am innocent of all these charges and we will prove that in court," Thomas Barrack said in a brief statement after he was arraigned in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York.

The 74-year-old, who wore a black mask and dark blue suit and said little during the hearing, was released on bail of $250 million. His travel was also restricted and he must wear an electronic bracelet.

The US Justice Department accuses Barrack and two other suspects of failing to register as agents of the United Arab Emirates as they attempted to influence Trump on foreign policy during the presidential campaign and beyond.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-ally-denies-acting-as-foreign-agent/ar-AAMAiLZ