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Trump pal Tom Barrack, on trial for alleged foreign influence peddling, says he set up Trump meeting with Leonardo DiCaprio in 2016

NEW YORK — Trump friend Tom Barrack told a federal jury Tuesday that he was the architect of the former president’s 2016 climate change meeting with actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

Tribune News Service · Oct 25, 2022

Trump pal Thomas Barrack accused of being United Arab Emirates agent and trying to influence US policy for ‘power and money’

After Donald Trump won the 2016 election, his mega-rich pal Tom Barrack started formulating a plan with officials at the United Arab Emirates on how to influence U.S. policy — and was asked to provide information about who would be tapped for crucial Cabinet positions, federal prosecutors allege.

Tribune News Service · Sep 21, 2022