‘Maga since forever’: mercenary mogul Erik Prince pushes to privatize Trump plans

Notorious Blackwater founder is lobbying allies in White House for private contractors to assist in mass deportations…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/erik-prince-trump-immigration-enforcement

 

Erik Prince Helped Raise Money for Conservative Spy Venture - The New York Times

… Mr. Seddon's recruitment of Mr. Prince to help him secure funding is just one of the new details about Mr. Seddon's operation revealed in documents obtained by The Times and interviews with people familiar with his plans. They provide additional insight into the ambition of the operation to use undercover operatives to target Republicans seen as insufficiently conservative, as well as to, as one document describes it, "research, penetrate and infiltrate the radical left networks."…

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/us/politics/erik-prince-spy-operation-trump-democrats.html

Erik Prince linked to long-running undercover scheme to infiltrate Democratic party organizations - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism

… recruited a motley crew of home-grown American operatives from the conservative group Project Veritas and elsewhere to lead an initiative to infiltrate state-level Democratic party organizations and campaigns, according to a new report...

https://www.rawstory.com/erik-prince-2653558787/

Erik Prince Offered Lethal Services to Russian Mercenary Firm

ERIK PRINCE, FOUNDER of the private security firm Blackwater and a Trump administration adviser, has sought in recent months to provide military services to a sanctioned Russian mercenary firm in at least two African conflicts, according to three people with knowledge of the efforts. Prince, who is the brother of Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, met earlier this year with a top official of Russia’s Wagner Group and offered his mercenary forces to support the firm’s operations in Libya and Mozambique, according to two people familiar with Prince’s offer. ....
https://theintercept.com/2020/04/13/erik-prince-russia-mercenary-wagner-libya-mozambique/

Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Recruited Spies to Infiltrate Progressive Groups with Project Veritas

Erik Prince, the founder of the mercenary firm Blackwater and brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, helped recruit former spies to infiltrate and gather intelligence about Democratic campaigns and labor organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers, according to an explosive report by The New York Times. The story exposes previously unreported details about the ties between Prince and Project Veritas, a right-wing group that often sets up sting operations targeting the media and journalists by recording covert videos. According to documents and interviews, one former spy recruited by Erik Prince helped run an operation to secretly tape leaders in the Michigan office of the American Federation of Teachers in 2017. In another instance, in 2018, the same undercover operative who gathered information about the AFT infiltrated the congressional campaign of former CIA officer Abigail Spanberger, who was running for Congress representing Virginia as a Democrat. We are joined by The Intercept’s investigative reporter Matthew Cole, who first broke the story of Erik Prince’s ties to the Trump administration last year.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/zBirCeB5ENA

Erik Prince recruited former spies to infiltrate Democratic campaigns and liberal groups: report | Salon.com

How the brother of Betsy DeVos reportedly helped infiltrate "groups considered hostile to the Trump agenda"
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/09/erik-prince-recruited-former-spies-to-infiltrate-democratic-campaigns-and-liberal-groups-report/

AP Exclusive: Trump ally may have broken Venezuela sanctions - ABC News

Two senior U.S. officials say the founder of security firm Blackwater has been referred to the U.S. Treasury for possible sanctions violations for a recent trip to Venezuela....
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/ap-exclusive-trump-ally-broken-venezuela-sanctions-67988902

Fact check: Erik Prince's public claims vs. the Mueller report - CNN Politics

Erik Prince, the founder of the controversial private security firm Blackwater, makes a number of appearances in special counsel Robert Mueller's report. Noted for his ties to the United Arab Emirates, Prince was a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump during the campaign and spent time around senior officials with the Trump transition team, including former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. Prince is the brother of Trump's Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/politics/prince-mueller-report/index.html

Steve Bannon and Erik Prince among right-wing crew plotting out privatized border wall - Raw Story

What brings together the likes of the president's former chief strategist Steve Bannon; voter disenfranchiser Kris Kobach; notorious Blackwater founder Erik Prince; controversial former sheriff David Clarke; immigration hardliner and former Congressman Tom Tancredo; and offensive meme spewer and former baseball great Curt Schilling? A move to supplement President Donald Trump's proposed "wall" on the southern border with a privatized wall...
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/fresh-off-maga-field-trip-steve-bannon-erik-prince-among-right-wing-crew-plotting-privatized-border-wall/

Blackwater founder Erik Prince’s new company is building training center in Xinjiang - The Washington Post

Frontier Services Group, the security contractor led by Erik Prince, who created the controversial Blackwater company, will build a training base in Xinjiang, the western Chinese region where as many as 1 million Muslims have been put into extrajudicial detention camps.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/blackwater-founder-erik-princes-new-company-building-training-center-in-xinjiang/2019/02/01/ac372d40-2602-11e9-ba08-caf4ff5a3433_story.html

'Tunnels?': CNN host brutally fact-checks Blackwater founder Erik Prince as he promises Trump's wall will stop drug cartels - Raw Story

It's unclear if Blackwater would be one of the corporations contracted to build President Donald Trump's border wall, but founder Erik Prince is already a believer. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/tunnels-cnn-host-brutally-fact-checks-blackwater-founder-erik-prince-promises-trumps-wall-will-stop-drug-cartels/

Saudi Prince Talal Dies After Hunger Strike it is Claimed | Al Bawaba

A Saudi prince, known internationally for his open criticism of the ruling family including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has died after being critically weakened by a hunger strike....
https://www.albawaba.com/news/saudi-prince-talal-dies-after-hunger-strike-it-claimed-1229762

Erik Prince’s Russian Connection Trawled Trumpland for ‘Boss’ Putin - The Daily Beast

In the days after the 2016 election, a well-connected Moscow executive started pitching Trump associates on a bold plan for renewed U.S.-Russian cooperation. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/erik-princes-russian-connection-trawled-trumpland-for-boss-putin

REVEALED: Trump ally Erik Prince discussed having sanctioned Russian fund make massive investments in US - Raw Story

A leaked memo obtained by the Daily Beast reveals that Blackwater founder Erik Prince, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, discussed having a sanctioned Russian entity invest big sums to create jobs in the Midwestern United States -- and thus secure the loyalty of Trump's base. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/revealed-trump-ally-erik-prince-discussed-sanctioned-russian-fund-make-massive-investments-us/

Report calls Erik Prince testimony into question - POLITICO

The discrepancies with a new report raises questions about whether Prince was truthful in his testimony before the committee. ....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/19/erik-prince-congressional-testimony-trump-tower-meeting-598052

Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election - The New York Times

The Trump Tower meeting and follow-ups are the first indication that countries beyond Russia may have offered help to the Trump campaign. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-prince-zamel.html

Blackwater’s founder cut a huge deal in China. Is it against U.S. interests? - The Washington Post

Blackwater's founder cut a huge deal in China. Is it against U.S. interests?...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/05/04/feature/a-warrior-goes-to-china-did-erik-prince-cross-a-line/

Cambridge Analytica linked to Blackwater's Erik Prince -- who allegedly sought back channel for Trump and Putin - Raw Story

President Donald Trump's former digital operation Cambridge Analytica reportedly has links to Erik Prince, the founder of former mercenary firm Blackwater. Prince's sister, Betsy DeVos, serves as education secretary for President Donald Trump. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/cambridge-analytica-linked-blackwaters-erik-prince-allegedly-sought-back-channel-trump-putin/

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Saudi prince returns to D.C. with a warning: We're prepared to build nukes - NBC News

Mohammed bin Salman returns to Washington this week to kick off his U.S. tour with a series of White House meetings — and a blunt message about his strategy toward his nation's regional rival. ....
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/saudi-crown-prince-if-iran-makes-nuclear-bomb-so-will-n857921

Congresswoman Confirms Erik Prince Tied to Assassination Program Run Out of Dick Cheney’s Office

On one of the latest episodes of Jeremy Scahill’s podcast “Intercepted,” he interviews Democratic Congressmember Jan Schakowsky about Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, who is now under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. For more, we speak with Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of The Intercept.....
Interview:
https://youtu.be/WiMvXcUuGiw