PoliticsTrump envoy retained financial ties to firm behind Hormuz-bypass pipeline plan

Three people said Thomas Barrack, a senior US diplomat in the Middle East, promoted a business partner’s firm for a role in developing an oil pipeline from Iraq to Syria. The activities appear to violate federal ethics rules.

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