UAE Wanted Ex-Congressman as US Ambassador, Until He Got Busted

Aug. 26, 2022, 10:56 PM UTC

The United Arab Emirates tried in 2017 to get a former Republican congressman appointed as US ambassador, but the plan was scuttled after he was arrested on fraud charges, prosecutors said in a separate case against a onetime fundraiser for Donald Trump.

While the former congressman wasn’t identified by name in a court filing Friday, the US government said he was arrested in March 16, 2017. That matches the arrest date for Stephen E. Stockman, a former US representative from Texas.

Stockman was sentenced in 2018 to serve 10 years in prison after being convicted of stealing hundreds ...

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