Trump ally Tom Barrack acquitted of foreign agent charges

NEW YORK (AP) — A Donald Trump loyalist has been acquitted at a federal trial in which he was accused of using his access to the former president to secretly promote the interests of the United Arab Emirates. A jury in Brooklyn deliberated three days before finding Tom Barrack not guilty Friday of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government, obstruction of justice and making false statements. Barrack is a longtime friend of Trump and is a California billionaire who chaired Trump’s inaugural committee. Trump responded to the acquittal in a statement, calling it “Great news for our Country, Freedom, and Democracy.”