Trump envoy kept financial ties to firm behind $15 billion Hormuz-bypass oil pipeline plan...
US presidential special envoy Tom Barrack has maintained longstanding financial ties to TI Capital and its founder Ziad Ghandour. The firm is behind a proposed $15 billion oil pipeline project designed to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
Barrack has served as special envoy to Iraq and Syria as well as US Ambassador to Turkey.