LOS ANGELES (AP) — The chair of former President Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee has been ordered released on $250 million bail to face charges he secretly worked as an agent for the United Arab Emirates to influence Trump’s foreign policy.

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Tom Barrack has been charged in New York federal court with using his friendship with Trump to benefit the UAE without disclosing his ties to the U.S. government.

The 74-year-old Barrack was arrested in Los Angeles near his home Tuesday.

A spokesperson for Barrack said he would plead not guilty.

He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in a Brooklyn, New York, court.

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