Barrack Lawyer Suggests FBI Agent Lied to Grand Jury in Case

Tom Barrack’s defense lawyer suggested that an FBI agent lied to the grand jury that indicted the longtime friend of former President Donald Trump for allegedly trying to shape US policy as an unregistered agent of the United Arab Emirates.

Special Agent Tracee Mergen took the stand Thursday as a government witness in Barrack’s trial in federal court in Brooklyn, New York. Under direct examination, she described a 2019 interview of the Colony Capital LLC founder in which prosecutors claim he lied to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his contacts with UAE officials.

At the time, the US ...