[1/2] Thomas Barrack, a billionaire friend of Donald Trump who chaired the former president's inaugural fund, exits the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., October 3, 2022.
Abu Dhabi then invested $374 million from its sovereign wealth funds with Barrack, prosecutors say.
"Mr. Barrack traded his political access for a long-term relationship with top UAE officials ... who controlled vast oil wealth," Ryan Harris, an assistant U.S. attorney, told jurors on Tuesday.
Barrack himself took the stand last week, testifying that he never agreed to act at Abu Dhabi's direction or control.
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