A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Thomas Barrack, an ally of former President Donald Trump, to remain in jail until at least Monday. An attorney for Barrack, 74, of California, agreed during a hearing in federal court in Los Angeles that his client could remain detained until a hearing next Monday after prosecutors submitted written arguments saying he should be denied bail as a risk to flee. Barrack, Trump’s inaugural committee chair, is accused of acting as an agent for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) despite lacking the proper registration. Charges unsealed Tuesday showed two other men were also charged. Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, 43, a UAE national and Matthew Grimes, 27, a Colorado resident who worked under Barrack, were also charged with acting as agents of a foreign government without proper notification to the attorney general, as well as conspiracy to act as unregistered agents of a foreign government. …
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