Former Texas Rep. Steve Stockman's arrest surfaces as feds build case against Trump ally

WASHINGTON — The arrest timeline of former Houston-area Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, convicted in 2018 in a complex corruption scheme that involved misusing charitable funds, may be used as evidence by U.S. attorneys building a case against Trump ally Tom Barrack.

Barrack, a private equity investor and close friend of former President Donald Trump, will go on trial with a business associate in September on charges of illegally lobbying Trump on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.

In a brief submitted before Barrack’s trial, attorneys said they intend to introduce evidence showing that Barrack and his associate were directed, by the UAE, to meet with and advocate for the appointment of Stockman to the position of U.S. ambassador to the UAE, but were unable to because of Stockman’s arrest on March 16, 2017.

The attorneys argued that Stockman’s “arrest is relevant because it explains why the Defendants were not able to fulfill this request, despite agreeing to do so.”

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