
Former Trump adviser Tom Barrack to go on trial for foreign lobbying charges in September
CNN
A federal judge set the foreign lobbying trial for Tom Barrack, a former adviser to then-President Donald Trump, for September.
During a remote hearing Wednesday, Judge Brian Cogan said jury selection would begin on September 7 with the trial to start soon after. Prosecutors estimated the trial could take three weeks.
Barrack and Matthew Grimes, his former assistant, were indicted in July on allegations they were acting as a back channel for the United Arab Emirates to influence US policy during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and his time in office. They have pleaded not guilty.

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