very well for the united arab emirates and for tom barrack. it was a very successful, very lucrative thing for both sides right up until the handcuffs moment for mr. barrack today. as laid out in the indictment, the united arab emirates got a lot out of having this guy, highly placed source in this highly placed part of the u.s. government. they got a heads up on who the new administration was picking for its top foreign policy and national security positions. they got to exert influence over who was considered by the trump administration to be ambassador to united arab emirates. they literally got to script language from this advisor to the new president that he used in all of his media interviews around the campaign, praising emirates and its leaders in total boot-licking terms. they love that. they wrote the language for him to use in those interviews. from him they got, according to prosecutors, they got insider help turning the united states in an abrupt u-turn, an abrupt 180 against a country that is their rival, qatar. they turned us aga

that he was provided, but before he gave his comments, the notes from this fbi interview show that tom barrack, quote, shared the draft with, rejected, redacted, redacted. barrack asked each and every technical aspects of the draft speech. before you gave comments on a speech that this candidate was going to give on energy, you showed it to blanket-y, blanket-y, blank, blank. why is that so redundant? those are the records from the mueller investigation. those have been rejected, we got that from a freedom of information request. two summers ago, in the summer of 2019, the new york times reported that whatever it was that was behind those redacted boxes, something about the mueller team's interactions with tom barrack, during their investigation, something about what he told them when he interviewed with them for their investigation, led robert mueller's team to refer tom barrack for potential prosecution. specifically to refer him to the justice department, in the eastern district of new york for potential criminal prosecution as a foreign agent. new york times was the first to report that in

when you look ato tom barrack, some of the people in trump's or bit came through tom barrack. barrack charged with the illegal foreign lobbying over the time period of 2016 to 2018. when you look at this, how serious do you think it could be? >> well, erin, it's pretty serious. i mean, this is an indictment over 40 pages. there are just page after page after page of very damming allegations, almost all of which are based on direct quotes from barrack and his associates. email messages and text messages. that means that investigators all most invariably had warrants for electronic surveillance collection of those messages so barrack may have been the subject of a title three or pfizer warrant during this three hoof year investigation, it's very thick detailed indictment. it's clearly a very well presented case that's taken the government a long time to put together and they have a lot of evidence. >> so a spokesperson evan was just laying out for tom barrack said mr. barrack made himself voluntarily available and will be pleading not guilty. from what you see so far, is it poss

prosecutors actually didn't want any bond arrangement for tom barrack. they pointed out that barrack has these connections to very senior leaders in both the united arab emirates and saudi arabia and that neither emirates nor saudi arabia have extradition treaties with the united states. so there's the potential that if barrack was able to get himself to one of those countries via, say, his private aircraft, those countries leaders could take him in and protect him and he would never face the music. so prosecutors wanted no bond. that said, tom barrack did get released from custody today on a $250 million bond that he posted, which is the highest bond ever posted in u.s. history as far as we can tell. that was a bit of a compromise. he also had to give up his passports. he is wearing a gps monitoring bracelet. he will be back in court for arraignment in brooklyn on monday. this bail hearing today was in california. this means that he can get to new york on his own steam rather than getting flown there on con air by u.s. marshals. cnn reports that tom barr

it talks about executives who were working at the company that was run by tom barrack. sometimes when you have references to others not yet charged it could mean that additional charges are coming. of course, there's always the possibility if i were representing tom barrack my first call would be to the prosecutor to say is there any way we can work out a deal where my client would cooperate? and so being a close adviser to donald trump and someone in his close orbit is as a prosecutor i'd be very interested in exploring anything tom barrack might have to say about that. >> ashley, change of subject. i have another one for you i'll play for you parts of the clash today now famous between rand paul and dr. fauci. >> dr. fauci, knowing that it is a crime to lie to congress, do you wish to retract your statement of may 11th where you claimed that the nih never funded gain of function research in wuhan? >> senator paul, i have never lied before the congress and i do not retract that statement. senator paul, you do not know what you are talking about quite frankly. i want to

. >> the indictment notes that after the speech and emerati official email tom barrack saying that he mentioned the gulf allies which is great, adding congrats on the great job today everybody here are happy with the results. federal prosecutors say barracks effort continued after the inauguration as he pushed uae interest to the trump white house, he's also accused of giving the uae sensitive non public information and accused of meeting and assisting senior leaders from saudi arabia. and because he has the means and the potential motive the u.s. government says tom up barrack is now a flight risk. they want him to remain in custody, he's being detained at least until a hearing next monday. in a statement a spokesperson said quote mr. barrack has made himself voluntarily available to investigators from the outset. he is not guilty and he will be pleading not guilty. tonight's other big story continues to be this delta variant. a top concern of that health officials who testified this morning about the state of are still ongoing pandemic. >> we now have a variant circulating in this c

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and the charges laid against tom barrack is that he was able to do that in lots of ways. he was inconsequential agent, according to prosecutors. changing the behavior of u.s. presidents statements, and major orientations of the united states government to align with his handlers, and the government of this foreign country. in the government of the united arab emirates. so that's where we're gonna talk about next tonight. the combination of the consequential nation and seriousness of the charges against tom barrack. all the u.s. policy changes, indictment ties to this scheme. the combination of that and what's being reported tonight as the long delay in bringing the charges. because trump appointees would not let it happen. it has me thinking about this case not only from a criminal perspective in terms of the ultimate fate of it yet another person in trump's high orbit who ended up getting himself indicted on multiple fill in the charges. it has me thinking about this from a counter intelligence and national security perspective to. if in this instance, and in others, for

i will take issue with one way s that they characterize the indictment yesterday against tom barrack. and this is a characterization i've seen a lot of different news organizations make, but it's not actually technically right.an and i think it's technically incorrect in a way that might be important to understanding the significance of this case. as cnn put it, federal prosecutors in brooklyn investigating tom barrack for allegedly violating foreign lobbying laws. it wasn't really a lobbying case. this case was brought against tom barrack specifically under the federal statute that names him as an alleged agent of a foreign power. it's closer to calling somebody a spy than it is to calling them a lobbyist. this is the same section of the penal code under which maria butina was charged. remember her?as she was charged for acting as a secret foreign agent in our ge country, but specifically at the direction of senior kremlin officials. similarly, barrack is charged not just with being an unregistered lobbyist, he's charged with acting in this country secretly at the direction of senior

the combination of the consequential nature and seriousness of these charges against tom barrack. all the u.s. policy changes the indictment ties to this alleged foreign agent scheme. the combination of that and what's being reported tonight as the long delay in bringing the charges, because trump appointees wouldn't let it happen. it has me thinking about this case not just from a criminal perspective in terms of the ultimate fate of yet another person in trump's high orbit, who ended up getting himself indicted on multiple felony charges, it has me thinking about this from a counterintelligence and national security perspective too. if in this instance and in others foreign governments had their agents operating at the highest levels of the u.s. government and when the u.s. justice department knew that they were told to sit on it and not move forward with an effort to stop it and indict the behavior, what was the damage done here? especially with the delay in prosecuting it. i have just the person to ask, and you will be surprised to see him. that's next. that's next. nicorette

what exactly is tom barrack being accused of here?: tom barrack is being accused of basically, from 2016 through 2017, acting as an intermediary. to push their policy preferences and goals both on tv appearances that he made and in conversations with trump campaign and trump administration officials. matt: is this the kind of thing -- i have not heard of other prosecutions for this kind of activity. am i just not paying attention or is this something the department of justice is just starting to bring up? caleb: so you have certainly have not heard about it for anybody of barrack's stature. but it has been one of prosecutors favored charges to bring and one of the easier ones to prove for other people in trump's orbit during the campaign and presidency. that would be paul manafort, the one-time campaign manager who tom barrack brought into the campaign and dealt with charges. as did elliott broidy, a major trumper previously. matt: i should correct myself in saying i have not heard of it for previous administrations. of course the tru

she was hired by tom barrack at one point. he wrote this memo how barrack's company could leverage his relationship to the trump organization. it was clear that something shady had been going on here and just as we saw trump fond over vladimir putin constantly and taking russia's side. there is also a lot that i think is unexplained. we saw time and again donald trump or override congress's attempt to cut-off arms. so just that, i think we talk a lot more about those relationships with russia. his relationship where his administration relationship with the uae raises just as many questions. >> those are great points and much of this to be investigate. >> che, this is a part of my job that's sort of easy but repetitive which is to calmly make sure that we are being cleared with the public that this is not okay. there was a crime spree run out of the white house that was not done yet getting to the bottom of the criminal rot. all of those is legal and non partisan observations, not about the politics given in the administration.

we did get a statement from tom barrack's spokesperson who says, quote, from barrack has made himselfuntarily available to investigators from the outset, he is not guilty and he will be pleading not guilty. >> two others were charged with tom barrack. what do we know about them? >> one of them works in barrack's company. the other one according to prosecutors fled. he's an emirate who is also charged in this case. according to prosecutors he fled after he was interviewed by the fbi in 2018. he has not returned to this country. so one of the things that the prosecutors are pointing out is that barrack has all these international ties, and perhaps because of this presents a flight risk. >> all right, interesting, evan perez, thanks so much. let's talk more about this with elie honig. according to the charges tom barrack had a dedicated cell phone with a secure message app with the purpose for communicating with senior uae officials. based on what you've seen so far, does this sound like a compelling case to you? >> it does, jake. the evidence looks not just strong but overwhelming to me

>> there are very few businesses that have survived [inaudible] >> the latest on the arrest of tom barrack and what it could tell us on the ex presidents action in the middle east. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. for the last two days, much of the northeast and midwest look like this. hayes and the sun a thick smog over an entire region of this country that is very much not used to it. unlike the mountain west, which lives with forest fire, this kind of smoke has felt dystopian and new. in fact, it's not just your imagination of it feels that way to you, if you live in that part of the country, the air quality index in parts of newark city yesterday was over 170, which is the worst it has never been in 14 years. when you think about that air quality, there is no way to escape it. no matter how much money you have, where you live, in the end, everyone has to prove the same air. it's a real wake up call yesterday for everyone in the parts of the country covered with the smoke. breathing that same air that emanated from wildfires thousands of miles a

what do we know about tom barrack's relationship with that country? of the most ambiguous aspect of this all, joshua. we know that he had a close business relationship with the uae that something like a billion and a half dollars from uae and saudi arabia, which is a close ally, were reportedly invested in his private investment fund called colony capital. but when you get into the indictment there's actually very little discussion of why tom barrack did this, what his motive was. sometimes in indictments like this when we saw one for an assistant to michael flynn, for example, or a partner of his, there was a payment to that firm of $750,000. here there's no discussion of explicit payment but there is an allusion to it being sort of shall we say helpful for the investment atmosphere of the firm and the firm's future investment prospects to make these kinds of efforts on behalf of uae. >> talk about the difference or perhaps similarity between tom barrack's case and the cases of paul manafort and rick gates that we mentioned before. we mentioned that

the latest, tom barrack.on charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent. will he remain locked up until at least monday when his bail hearing takes place and he's expected to plead not guilty. joining me now to discuss, former u.s. attorney and official chuck rosenberg. here is what i don't get. tom barrack has never been arrested before. does it surprise you that this guy is sitting in a jail cell until monday? how serious is this? >> well, second question first, stephanie, it's serious. it's not the crime of the century. it's not the lindbergh kidnapping but it's serious. it's a felony. not just one felony. it's several. not just that he was an unregistered agent for a foreign government. in this case, the united arab emirates but also when he was questioned by the fbi, he lied. it's serious, it's a felony. there's the prospect that if convicted, he goes to jail. >> nbc investigations reporter tom wynter is joining us now. tom, what new details are you learning about barrack's arrest? to chuck's point

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tom barrack is scheduled to be arraigned monday in federal court in brooklyn.daniel alonzo a former federal prosecutor in the eastern district of new york and former chief assistant district attorney in the manhattan district attorney's office. he advises clients on compliance with the foreign corrupt practices act. he is an msnbc legal analyst. tom, dan, i'm sorry, this is very much kind of case you'd be handling back in your old job as a federal prosecutor. what do you make of this indictment as we understand it so far? >> the indictment seems pretty strong, you know, relatively straight forward. it is a statute not used very often. it's related to the foreign agent's registration act but not exactly. it is a statute that requires people acting as agents of foreign governments to register with the attorney general. not used all that often. it carries up to ten years in federal prison. it is a very serious charge obviously because the united states needs to know who is lobbying our government. and so it is obviously very important. these charges are very serio

tom barrack charged with acting as an unregistered agent for the united arab emirates. rding to the report, barrack conducted -- his relationship with the middle east with erik schatzker. >> everyone knows you have deep and long-standing ties to qatar, you have a history in saudi arabia that goes back to one of your first jobs ever in the 1970's. are they behind you in this effort? >> yes. [indiscernible] the region is complicated. >> i heard that the -- family is backing you. >> yes. -- is one of the smartest human beings i have ever met. he comes from amazingly humble origins in one of the most complicated countries in the world. a tremendous role model. when we talk about -- relationships, he is thinking a decade ahead. i have a hard time -- [indiscernible] he has an incredible team. india is amazing, you look at india and china and just look at the numbers of where we are all going, he is a great friend and a valued partner. caroline: tom barrack speaking about future opportunities. and was looking at new spec ideas. -- spac ideas. let's talk about this indictment an

we start with tom barrack. remain in custody until a july 26 bail hearing after his arrest on charges of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. the 74-year-old was arrested in california and accused of illegally lobbying for the united arab emirates, or uae. tom barrack is a former top fundraiser for donald trump. a spokesperson says tom barrack is not guilty and will be entering a plea of not guilty. about 100 thousand people have been relocated from the capital of central china's -- province after a record rainfall led to widespread flooding and 12 deaths. 45 centimeters of rain fell over a 24 hour period. that is the most since records began for the city. it is a major producer of agricultural products and machinery. and the major area is home to a large factory. to hong kong, lawmakers will debate giving the government greater power to punish so-called doxxing offenses. a big tech coalition says it could affect their ability to provide services. they will discuss creating two types of offe

>> we know that tom barrack has a long relationship with the united arab emirates.of its leaders including the conference of abu dhabi, he is also friendly with the current ambassadors family of the uae to washington and deep ties throughout the middle east. this indictment cuts to the heart of the business that tom barrack has built on the strength of relationships in that part of the world. when he ran the company from 1991 to earlier this year, he repeatedly went to investors in qatar and the uae and saudi arabia to fund his investments and now that he is starting a new investment business which i talked to him about this last week, he was also counting on the mri to use as major financial backers as well as the qatari's and saturdays. shery: now that he has been charged, what could be the repercussions for him and his business? erik: if charges are proven, if he is found guilty of functioning as an illegal lobbyist for a foreign government, it is probably somewhat careless for his business. not necessarily because his friends in the middle east would abandon him

a spokesperson for tom barrack says, quote, mr. y available to investigators from the outset. he is not guilty and will be pleading not guilty, and quote. the charges were brought by federal prosecutors in new york who asked that barrack remain in custody until his bail hearing, he is a very rich guy. they cited his wealth, his access to a private jet, quote, he defends a long-standing tie with -- namely, saudi arabia and the uae. that bail hearing has been suffered this coming monday july 26th. for those of you who are keeping track at home, he is the seventh associate of trump's to be indicted. and although he was not associate with the campaign, broidy, was also charged with failing to register as a foreign agent, just like tom barrack. broidy pleaded guilty in 2020 to violating this very act, the foreign registration act. he was pardoned by donald trump in his last day of office. the guy to help us is neil catchall, he is a former -- msnbc legal contributor. most of these people don't need the money, by the way. tom barrack cert

tom barrack is described as a flight risk, but what persuaded the judge to change his mind? >> it is to decide whether he can be fitted with a gps monitoring device ahead of the weekend and, geoff, billionaires like us, nobody wants to spend the weekend in jail, and that is what is happening with tom barrack, and the judge has now entered a release pending the release. his assistant had the hearing, and he was also charged in the case. so we will see the same limitations that the assistant has that tom barrack has, and a couple of those that we will highlight, and again, this is for the assistant, but this is the way that barrack's release is going to be to the greater los angeles and district of new york and greater new york, and new york city and surrounding counties and on top of that, they have to travel by road or common air, and so in other words, no private jets. his assistant is not allowed to speak with any individual from the united arab emirates or saudi arabia or any government officials and restricted in the types of bank moves they can make with the transfers o

now with the indictment of tom barrack, that shady and weird relationship between trump world and thetarting to make a little more sense. so we know that three months before the 2016 election even happened, donald trump jr. met with an emissary for two wealthy arab princes at the trump tower. the emissary told trump junior at the time that the princes, the de facto rulers of saudi arabia and the uae, were eager to help his father win election as president. a few months later, well, donald trump did win and that crown prince from the uae, prince muhammed ben ziad flew to new york to meet with the president-elect. it is customary for foreign leaders to notify the american government when they travel to the u.s. but mbz did not do so. he arrived at the trump penthouse with an entourage of 30 people. he was dressed in combat boots, jeans and some of his men were armed. then on inauguration day donald trump's incoming national security advisor, michael flynn, was texting with former business partners about a hugely controversial private sector plan that would reportedly be funded by the gu

but it is a fraction of tom barrack's overall wealth. it will be very hard for him to flee and i assume that he will show up as directed in federal court today in brookle . but what it says is these are serious charges, this is no mere snafu in neglecting to file paperwork with the department of justice to announce that he was a foreign lobbyist for the united arab emirates. when you read the indictment and you look at the press release by the department of just tirks they say flat out that tom barrack was acting at the direction of the uae to influence u.s. foreign policy, they say that he was providing intelligence to the united arab emirates and then they say his criminal conduct was, quote, disloyal to the united states. and he is now facing is stater to maximum of more than 50 years in prison for seven felony offenses. of course we all recognize that he would get far less because the federal sentencing filed lines are much more lenient than the statutory max. >> pete, what can we expect in court? >> it will be cut and dried. he will

certainly hope there will be more monoandates. >> thank you. >>> tom barrack pleading not guilty as weraordinary steps prosecutors are taking to make sure that he doesn't flea. >>> plus, one congressman warning that someone could get killed after michael flynn says this about his new semiautomatic rifle. >> maybe i'll find somebody in washington d.c. [ laughter ] not all 5g networks are created equal. it's clear to see. t-mobile is the leader in 5g. t-mobile. america's largest, fastest, most reliable 5g network. open talenti and raise the jar. to gelato made from scratch. raise the jar to all five layers. raise the jar to the best gelato... you've ever tasted. talenti. raise the jar. (burke) deep-sea driving, i see... (customer) something like that... (burke) well, here's something else: with your farmer's policy perk, new car replacement, you can get a new one. (customer) that is something else. (burke) get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ after pioneering photographic film, we made it our mission to help change the wo

it's not just his bet wealth, -- tom barrack is charged with being an agent of a foreign pair our. working to influence the u.s. government and its policy, on behalf of the government of the united arab emirates, while the uae and saudi arabia were pumping a billion and a half dollars into tom barrack's company. prosecutors actually didn't want any bond arrangement for him. they pointed out that barrack has these connections to very senior leathers leaders in these two countries. neither of these countries, uae and saudi arabia, have extradition treaties with the united states. so if he was able to get to one of these countries, via private aircraft, those countries leaders could protect him. so prosecutors wanted no bond. that said, thomas barrack did get released from custody today on a 250 million dollar bond that he posted, the highest bond ever posted in u.s. history, as far as we can tell. and that was a bit of a compromise. he also had to give up his passports. he's wearing a gps monitoring bracelet. he's going to be back in court in brooklyn for arraignment on monday. this

ask your doctor about eliquis. >>> former chair of the trump inaugural company tom barrack is due in ng his indictment as a foreign agent. he was released after posting a $250 million bail. prosecutors say barrack lobbied the trump administration on behalf of the arab emirates, even asking them to make a wish list of policies he could promote. barrack is accused of lying to the fbi about his ties to the uae. as the fbi assistant director puts it, quote, each of those bad choices is a federal felony. trump has yet to comment on the charges against barrack despite roger stone describing barrack as trump's best friend. we have jill wine-banks. jill, barrack is accused of lying about his actions on behalf of the uae. how is that going to affect his stated plan of pleading not guilty. >> it won't affect his plan to plead not guilty, it will affect his ability to get away with it. the indictment lays out very specific questions and answers, and the evidence that supports the falsity of those answers. it supports also a conspiracy to commit these crimes and to not register as a foreign agent

as we discussed for somebody like tom barrack, the idea of spending the weekend in jail was not appealing anybody i don't think, so that the two sides come together here, and what they have to establish is one, how do we keep track of the assets and make sure that there no money flows here to help facilitate some sort of a effort to flee the country, right? so we talked about that with the domestic transactions and giving up the passport is a huge part of, this and no private jet limits options for him, and the ankle monitoring is the key, and knowing where he is at all times. it is fairly specific, and it is not, you know, pinpointed to barrack moved from the first to the second floor in colorado, but alert authorities if he is moving from the aspen area but to the courthouse in brooklyn, so they can have some detailed tracking on him, and putting it together with the fact that this is not a violent crime, and no accusations of witness tampering here or anything that he is doing to subvert the process now that the process has begun, and now he is charged with lying to the fbi, and no add

the indictment alleges possibly $1.5 billion that this fund, controlled by tom barrack got, and, you s defense is i'm only 10% of that fund that's still $115 million, so the idea you can do that and profit this way, that's what the law is b. all about, blocking foreign influence in our government at least without disclosing. >> in general, speaking, the violation of this registration act are procedural, something where somebody hasn't filled something out, not everyone goes to jail for this sort of thing but there's a fundamental importance to the law as you just articulated. there's a reason it is there. it's about transparency. we need toe know when need toe e we need to know when decisions are made, if somebody else is influening the decisions of the united states government, it seems procedural and bureaucratic often the surface but there's a fundamentally good philosophical reason for laws like this. >> and it's not procedural it's heart of american government, again, you can lobby for a foreign government but you got to tell everyone. it's not unnolan. -- it's not unknown, every

tom barrack is 74 years old, the feds almost always get convictions.mails and texts he sent. the only way, the best way he's going to be able to protect himself is by cooperating with the fed. and the way that works in the federal system is you have to give up everybody you know, everything they've done wrong, and you have to be willing to testify about it. so other people around barrack have reason to be worried here. >> it is amazing the track record around the former president. a second hour of 360 just ahead. we'll talk more about that study on the johnson & johnson vaccine and what it means for those who received it with dr. sanjay gupta and an advisor on covid with president biden that joined the transition. the time is now. to stop talking. to start doing. time to create clean energy jobs. it's time to inspire, to hire, to build. and to lead. it's time to shine. and to move. time to punch the clock, roll up our sleeves and get to work to fight climate change. our president put forward a plan to create clean energy jobs in big cities, small towns

tom barrack is getting out of jail.the insurrection as the january 6th committee prepares for its first hearing this week. will a gop congressman help a panel get more visibility? wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim acosta and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with growing alarm over the assault on the unvaccinated. let's go to kaitlyn collins. new cd

tom barrack has been out of jail since friday on a $250 million bail deal.ld wear a gps monitoring bracelet. he is accused of secretly working as an agent for the united arab emirates to influence trump's foreign policy. joining me is former watergate prosecutor nick ackerman. also with us cnn legal analyst cory core undero. just days ago prosecutors said tom barrack was a serious flight risk because of his wealth and his ties to the middle east. but then they agreed to release him on bail. what does that signal to you that perhaps prosecutors think he might cooperate with them? >> i don't think so at this point. that would be pretty premature. i think they wanted to work on a deal to make sure that tom barrack shows up in court in the eastern district of new york on monday where they will reargue the bail position. i mean, the giveaway is the fact that one of the other conditions of his bail is that he be accompanied at all times between now and his appearance in the eastern district of new york by one of his attorneys. that is basically something i have ne

and we're sizing up the criminal case against trump ally tom barrack after his not guilty plea on charges of illegal foreign lobbying. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >> we begin with the new covid-19 vaccine mandates. our national correspondent athena jones is in new york. she has the late, breaking details for us. athena, these are truly landmark moves by a state, a major city and now a federal agency. >> reporter: hi, wolf. that's exactly right. with new daily covid cases now passing 50,000 for the first time since april, we're seeing more and more mandates, not just from states and health care providers but also individual cities. in san francisco, more than 300 bars across the city will be requiring patrons to provide proof of vaccination or a negative covid result in order to enter. those who don't, will have to sit outside or in other spaces. >> we're going in the wrong direction. >> reporter: america facing a crisis all over again. and more and more health care systems, states and lo

new details about trump ally tom barrack. will he fight the charges or cooperate with investigators about trump? let's go "outfront". >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. the special committee to investigate the january 6th insurrection as kevin mccarthy pulled all five republicans he named from the panel as president biden is about to speak to the nation on cnn. tonight's exclusive town hall comes at a pivotal moment in biden's presidency. he's facing head winds and crucial issues, the most pressing is the pandemic and also the economy. infrastructure, voting rights, police reform, immigration. a daunting list. especially when washington has descended into an all out partisan war, we'll have more on that in a moment but first, kaitlan collins is "outfront" live in cincinnati, ohio where biden's town hall will take place shortly. the stakes are high for the president tonight. what is his message to the american people? >> reporter: well, erin, it a critical junction tour for his presidency. he's going to come here tonight and

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senior officials from the united arab emirates, an oil-rich middle eastern country. >> (announcer) tom barrack. >> reporter: barrack's relationship with the former president stretches back to real estate deals in the 1980s and led to him being tapped to lead mr. trump's presidential inaugural committee. the indictment says barrack successfully added u.a.e.- friendly language to trump's speeches. >> we'll work with our gulf allies to develop a positive energy relationship -- >> reporter: after that address in 2016, barrack's main u.a.e. contact, who was also indicted, e-mailed him to say "amazing, congrats on the great job today." barrack joins a long list of indicted trump associates including most recently allan, weisselberg, the former c.f.o. of the trump organization. barrack said he's not guilty and made himself vornl taylor available to investigators from the outset, he said. the presidential inaugural committee he led is still under investigation for allegedly misusing charitable funds. >> o'donnell: some stunning news today. nancy cordes, thank you. and tonight more than a million acres

former president trump's friend and chair of his 2017 inaugural fund, tom barrack, was arrested yesterdayof violating foreign lobbying laws, obstructing justice and making false statements, as well as one count of impersonating an astronaut. that's right another of trump's friends was arrested yesterday okay it's no longer news when a friend of trump's is arrested. the only possibly interesting thing, now, is what for? "regicide. i didn't see that coming." the white house reportedly held high-level discussions recently with fox news over its coronavirus vaccine coverage yeah, well, good luck with that. you might be able to talk some sense into fox and friends or bret baier but once fox news after dark starts, it's the wild west tucker carlson will tell you the vaccines are dangerous while getting the vaccine. the pentagon's inspector general announced plans, this week, to review procedures to keep the so-called nuclear football secure during a crisis in the event that it is lost or stolen, or ends up in the wrong mouth. "major, drop it! it's not a toy i'll talk to him i'll talk to him." [

the prosecutors say when tom barrack was questioned about these allegations, he repeatedly made falseat he was lobbying for a foreign country. so that's the essence of the case. >> pete, i feel like every time one of these stories pops up, you hear from folks on twitter who think, aha! this is the thing that will trip up former president trump. this will be the thing that somehow ensnares him in one of these outside scandals. is there any indication that anyone in the white house or that the former president did anything wrong and is associated with this? or is this just another person in the trump orbit with shady dealings of their own? >> well, that's the government's allegation, is the latter, not the former. there's no indication in any of these charges documents or anyone we've talked to that president trump was even aware of tom barrack's dealings with the uae here. he just thought he was getting advice from somebody who knew the middle east and knew something about energy policy and knew something about foreign policy. there's no suggestion that the president was aware of this

that's the arrest and indictment of los angeles billionaire tom barrack. time ally of donald trump who served as the chairman of trump's 2017 inaugural committee. now, barrack is accused of secretly conspiring to influence u.s. policy to benefit the united arab emirates. both before and after trump was elected president. now, prosecutors said he also provided uae officials with sensitive information from inside the trump administration. beyond all of that, he's charged with obstruction of justice and making multiple false statements to the fbi. now, prosecutors told the court that the evidence against barrack is overwhelming and that he poses a serious flight risk. joining us now are nbc news investigations correspondent, tom winter, ken vogel, and new york law school professor and former manhattan assistant district attorney, rebecca royfee. this is just the latest trump ally accused of similar crimes. what more can you tell us about what he's accused of and what it means that you have a foreign country secretly paying a close friend of the former presiden

trump's ally tom barrack arrested and charged with illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of the uae. you've interviewed barrack multiple times. are you surprised by these charges? >> i think in a way i am because it's so unusual for the government to bring these kinds of cases. they're serious cases, don, make no mistake, when federal prosecutors subpoena your records as they did with tom barrack more than a year and a half ago, it's a big deal. but the government is usually shy of bringing this kind of case, charging someone with essentially illegally lobbying. but you know what's interesting about tom barrack's charges and the arrest and that he's accused of basically trying to use his in with donald trump, a good friend, an -- you know, he was basically part of the kitchen cabinet for donald trump and he's accused of using that in -- to create foreign policy for his allies in the uae and also in saudi arabia. and, you know, that's not very far from what donald trump was doing himself. he set the model. he was a believer in basically making a personal profit, a personal gain from h

here's terry moran. >> reporter: tom barrack is a billionaire businessman and one of donald trump's best friends. >> and i'm here because donald trump is one of my closest friends for 40 years. >> reporter: trump chose barrack to chair his 2017 inaugural committee, which raised a record $107 million. >> welcome to the 58th inauguration of the president of the united states. >> reporter: today, barrack was arrested in california on federal charges. failing to register as a foreign agent, obstruction of justice, and lying to investigators. prosecutors say barrack used his connection to trump to act as an agent for the united arab emirates, even working with uae officials to insert a line into one of then-candidate trump's 2016 campaign speeches. >> we'll work with our gulf allies to develop a positive energy relationship. >> reporter: afterwards, an emirati official emailed barrack, "congrats on the great job today. everybody here are happy with the results." barrack becomes the seventh person associated with the 2016 trump campaign to be charged. he says he's not guilty. >> terry, thank y

in this instance, tom barrack is a risk of flights.ld be easy for him to flee. you want to set an amount that provides sufficient incentives for him to come back. and so for you or me, that number may be lower, for tom barrack to provide an adequate incentive, $250 million is mess. that does not mean he paid it up front today. i think he paid something like 5 million up front but if he fails to appear, he would owe the u.s. government a debt of $250 million. and the $5 million up front is not something people can get around that. go ahead -- >> you don't carry that around in your wallet? >> these rules are dicey. when we talk about the reasons, sure. if somebody is not a flight risk or a proven risk, it is totally fair they should be out and provide for the defense. they may be in on $100,000 bail which means they are in and not out. that's the financial side. i want to be clear with viewers, there is not enough evidence here to say there is meddling with the doj. there are a lot of stories about things going up orover the line with de

tom barrack is 74, these are federal charges, these are not state charges. the feds almost always get convictions. if you look at this indictment, it is based on tom barrack's own words, often times emails and texts that he accepts. only way that he can protect himself is by cooperating with the feds and the way that works in the fed system, you have to give up everybody you know, and you have to be willing to testify about it. so other people around barrack have reason to be worried here. >> now, more than 80 major wildfires are burning in the united states, including one so massive it is creating his own weather. we'll get the latest report from the front lines. >>> and a picture perfect launch and landing for jeff bezos. coming up, how the billionaire turned astronaut described his historic flight. . >> now, on how it felt, oh, my god! my expectations were high, and they were take matt itticly exceeded. it's a simple fact: it even kills the covid-19 virus. science supports these simple facts. there's only one true lysol. lysol. what it takes to protect. -

. >> that's tom barrack, he was a big money man that was a week before his arrest.ated incident. he's one of many trump's associates indicted for serious crimes and manyconvicted. this is not normal. we have not seen in the modern era of this level of criminality surrounding this many feel. donald trump is surrounded by people in business and politics, that's the campaign side, in government and foreign policy and outside lobbying, people who the feds say are criminals. that's why they are indicted so often. we want to show you something right now to put it in context so this never should become normal. keep an eye on the red number that counts up. the horror at the corner of your screen. >> the first indictment in robert mueller investigation, the president's former campaign paul manafort surrendered himself to the fbi. >> manafort. >> rick gates facing serious charges. >> george papadopoulos was charged with lying to the fbi. >> michael flynn pleading guilty. >> michael cohen is now a felon. >> special council indicted on roger stones. >> steve bannon, indicted on

he asked a lot of questions, and tom barrack himself pleaded not guilty to the 7 charges against him that are related to violating us lobbying laws and obstructing justice, essentially lying to investigators who say that he was secretly trying to influence us foreign policy. while at the same time serving as the chairman of president thompson, now duration committee, essentially raising money for the president. at the same time, he was pushing the agenda. they say they allege of senior officials of the united arab emirates, as you'd expect, the system is working and it will take some time. but i think which will all find is the evidence will be absolutely. and concretely to prove that i'm a 100 percent. and now president trump himself has not been charged with any crime . he does remain the subject of several criminal and civil investigations here in the united states, one of which recently ensnared the chief financial officer of the trump organization who has been charged with criminal violations as wow, tom barrack had to put up $250000000.00 an asset to guarantee his next quarter

in terms of ranking, where does tom barrack fit in that?he coffee boy. he is a person who was deeply, you know, inside trump's circle. he's known him for 40 years. he was key in helping pick some of the people around trump and ended up going to prison, and, you know, he talked to trump, as you know, he was in regular contact with trump in the early part of his presidency and this is the reason why he was being exploited essentially according to prosecutors by the amaratis as a way to get to trump and people in the association. he ranks pretty high. >> how long have they been looking at barrack? it seems like he's been on the radar screen. >> he's been on the radar screen. the allegations go back to 2016 during the campaign but the last thing in 2019 when he's interviewed by the fbi, it's clear to us and talking to sources that the prosecutors were ready to bring this case, jim, early last year and there was some opposition from inside the brooklyn u.s. attorney's office from the u.s. attorney at the time rich donohue. we know that in the en

about another close trump associate arrested and charged with crimes of corruption, his name is tom barrack, he's a billionaire businessman he is accused of illegally lobbying donald trump on behalf of the united arab emirates. prosecutors in new york unsealed a huge seven count, 46 page indictment, we're gonna go through it, we have a reporter who is reporting on this. but this is a very important development, for a bunch of reasons. when we last we're here, last night, we were talking about the fate of the rule of law, and particularly in the period where the justice department changed hands from william barr's, and then the final days of the trump administration, which jeff rosen to merrick garland. last night we were critical of the fact that justice department has, according to reporting, declined to prosecute trump secretary of commerce. that was according to reporting from both the associated press and government executive. that decision, not to prosecute, came after the commerce department own specter general found that he had lied to congress about a citizenship question that he wa