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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Tue Mar 6, 2018, 07:59 PM Mar 2018

Adviser to Emirates With Ties to Trump Aides Is Cooperating With Special Counsel

Last edited Tue Mar 6, 2018, 09:31 PM - Edit history (3)

Ah ha, there it is: “Mr. Nader’s presence at the Seychelles meeting appears to connect him to the primary focus of Mr. Mueller’s investigation: examining Russian interference during the 2016 presidential campaign.” Nader now cooperating:




WASHINGTON — An adviser to the United Arab Emirates with ties to current and former aides to President Trump is cooperating with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and gave testimony last week to a grand jury, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Mr. Mueller appears to be examining the influence of foreign money on Mr. Trump’s political activities and has asked witnesses about the possibility that the adviser, George Nader, funneled money from the Emirates to the president’s political efforts. It is illegal for foreign entities to contribute to campaigns or for Americans to knowingly accept foreign money for political races.

Mr. Nader, a Lebanese-American businessman who advises Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the effective ruler of the Emirates, also attended a January 2017 meeting in the Seychelles that Mr. Mueller’s investigators have examined. The meeting, convened by the crown prince, brought together a Russian investor close to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia with Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater and an informal adviser to Mr. Trump’s team during the presidential transition, according to three people familiar with the meeting.

Mr. Nader’s cooperation in the special counsel’s investigation could prompt new legal risks for the Trump administration, and Mr. Nader’s presence at the Seychelles meeting appears to connect him to the primary focus of Mr. Mueller’s investigation: examining Russian interference during the 2016 presidential campaign.









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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/us/politics/george-nader-special-counsel-mueller-cooperating-seychelles.html?smid=tw-share



UPDATE FROM CNN:

(CNN)A Middle East specialist with ties to Donald Trump's team attended secret meetings during the presidential transition between the United Arab Emirates and Trump associates, and is now cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller, two people familiar with the matter say.


George Nader, a low-profile diplomatic go-between who has forged close ties to the Emirates, was stopped and questioned by the FBI at Dulles International Airport in January as he returned from an overseas trip, these sources say. Since then, he has been talking to Mueller's investigators and providing information to the grand jury.

Nader attended a December 2016 meeting in New York between Emirati officials and members of Trump's inner circle, and another in January 2017 in the Seychelles islands between the Emiratis and Erik Prince, a Trump associate. Nader was also in the Seychelles when Prince met with a Russian banker, the sources said.


https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/06/politics/george-nader-robert-mueller/index.html
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Adviser to Emirates With Ties to Trump Aides Is Cooperating With Special Counsel (Original Post) kpete Mar 2018 OP
Mueller is checking out a lot of people BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #1
Mr. Naders cooperation in the special counsels investigation could prompt new legal risks for the Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #2
Is There Anything Illegal That Trump Won't Do?.....nt global1 Mar 2018 #4
NYET, global!!! nt Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #7
the NY AG office if they had the resources could find hundreds of domestic crimes Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #3
OK Nader was Present During Meeting with Eric Prince in the Seychelles Islands Stallion Mar 2018 #5
The money line: kpete Mar 2018 #6
Hey freepers: Kingofalldems Mar 2018 #8
this is big! kpete Mar 2018 #9

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
1. Mueller is checking out a lot of people
Tue Mar 6, 2018, 08:04 PM
Mar 2018

in foreign counties besides Russians. Jared's Middle East ties with personal family business loans effecting our foreign policies is extremely important and illegal.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
2. Mr. Naders cooperation in the special counsels investigation could prompt new legal risks for the
Tue Mar 6, 2018, 08:08 PM
Mar 2018

Trump administration”

SWEET!!

Thanks, kpete!

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
3. the NY AG office if they had the resources could find hundreds of domestic crimes
Tue Mar 6, 2018, 08:20 PM
Mar 2018

connecting donnie to organized crime.

I wouldnt be surprised if Mueller heard trumps name when he took down the Gotti's and Gambino's

No doubt law enforcement has known about trump the major criminal for decades

Stallion

(6,474 posts)
5. OK Nader was Present During Meeting with Eric Prince in the Seychelles Islands
Tue Mar 6, 2018, 08:31 PM
Mar 2018

turning over every rock

kpete

(71,991 posts)
6. The money line:
Tue Mar 6, 2018, 08:34 PM
Mar 2018

A dude who can tie Trump, Kushner, Bannon and Betsy DeVos’ brother to back-channel dealings with Russia got off a flight to the U.S. on his way to Mar a Lago... and found himself face to face with FBI agents who were all up in his grill





kpete

(71,991 posts)
9. this is big!
Tue Mar 6, 2018, 09:37 PM
Mar 2018


George Nader is cooperating AND he was at the infamous Seychelles meeting between Erik Prince (DeVos’ brother) and Russians set up by the UAE crown prince, reportedly to set up a secret backchannel between Trump and Russia!




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