Exhibit 832

Former advisor to presidential candidate among three defendants charged with acting as agents of a foreign government (EDNY release); verdict reporting, 4 November 2022

Exhibit 832 · Agency press release

Former advisor to presidential candidate among three defendants charged with acting as agents of a foreign government (EDNY release); verdict reporting, 4 November 2022

A seven-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn

The release announced a seven-count indictment of Thomas Barrack, Matthew Grimes and a UAE national for acting as agents of the UAE between April 2016 and April 2018. A Brooklyn jury acquitted Barrack and Grimes on all counts on 4 November 2022. DOJ's FARA recent-cases page also notes the acquittal.

Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York
Date: 20 July 2021; acquittal 4 November 2022
Quoted from: EDNY press release dated Tuesday, 20 July 2021, opening sentence
Grade: Reported
Document: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/former-advisor-presidential-candidate-among-three-defendants-charged-acting-agents
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

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Finding POL-6.9: Reported 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.