The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Person

Thomas J. Barrack Jr. (investor; outside adviser to the 2016 Trump campaign)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • POL-6.9: A jury convicted Menendez on all counts on 16 July 2024, including acting as an agent of Egypt, and he was sentenced to 11 years on 29 January 2025. A jury acquitted Gregory Craig of a false-statement count about Ukraine work on 4 September 2019, and a Brooklyn jury acquitted Thomas Barrack and Matthew Grimes of all counts, including acting as agents of the United Arab Emirates, on 4 November 2022.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 832 20 July 2021; acquittal 4 November 2022. U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York: Former advisor to presidential candidate among three defendants charged with acting as agents of a foreign government (EDNY release); verdict reporting, 4 November 2022