Accused of exploiting their friendship, Tom Barrack tells court he wanted ex-US president to encourage UAE, Saudi Arabia to align with Israel and bring stability to oil-rich region

Tom Barrack, billionaire chair of Trump's 2017 inaugural committee, charged along with two others with acting as an unregistered foreign agent; plans to plead not guilty

Report by Democrat-led House Oversight committee finds donor Tom Barrack used White House access to lobby for corporations seeking to sell nuclear technology to Riyadh