Showing posts with label Seychelles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seychelles. Show all posts

Sunday, April 21, 2019

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

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Mueller gathering evidence Team Trump sought secret back channel to Kremlin at Seychelles meeting

The Washington Post is reporting that special counsel Robert Mueller is gathering evidence that a Seychelles meeting in January 2017 involving a U.A.E. adviser and Trump-connected Erik Prince was aimed at creating a secret back channel between the incoming Trump administration and Russia. The U.A.E. adviser, George Nader, is now reportedly cooperating with Mueller. Prince had originally painted the meeting in a very different light during a Congressional interview last year. The Post writes:...
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/3/7/1747325/-Mueller-gathering-evidence-Team-Trump-sought-secret-back-channel-to-Kremlin-at-Seychelles-meeting

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Robert Mueller’s Russia Probe Just Got a Lot Weirder - Vanity Fair

A mysterious Middle East fixer, the founder of Blackwater, an Emirati prince, and a secret meeting in the Seychelles are now under investigation as Robert Mueller uncovers a nexus of foreign influence on the Trump campaign.....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/robert-mueller-george-nader-russia-investigation

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel

The United Arab Emirates arranged a secret meeting in January between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to President Vladi­mir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Donald Trump, according to U.S., European and Arab officials....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/blackwater-founder-held-secret-seychelles-meeting-to-establish-trump-putin-back-channel/2017/04/03/95908a08-1648-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html?utm_term=.bb387e3250ef









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