Summary: In January 2017, three days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a businessman from the United Arab Emirateswas invited to a lavish dinner planned by Trump’s longtime ally Thomas J. Barrack Jr., who was chair of the president’s inaugural committee. Theguest list placed Rashid al-Malik, a onetime business associate of Barrack’s, amid more than 100 foreign diplomatsand top members of the incoming administration.
