President Trump acknowledges the crowd during his swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)The night Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination in July 2016, he was introduced by his daughter Ivanka Trump. Barrack is a developer with close connections to Middle Eastern leaders who offered a simple sales pitch. After Trump won, Barrack was tapped to lead the inaugural committee, raising more than $100 million for the events that began Trump’s presidency. As first reported by Gulf News’s Ed Clowes, Barrack was asked about the killing of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey last year.

Source: Washington Post February 13, 2019 19:07 UTC