Tag: Seychelles

Mueller gathers evidence that 2017 Seychelles meeting was effort to establish back channel to Kremlin

The following article by Shari Horwitz and Devlin Barret was posted on the Washington Post website March 7, 2018:

Blackwater founder Erik Prince met with a Russian person close to President Vladimir Putin in Jan. 2017, according to U.S., European and Arab officials. (Sarah Parnass/The Washington Post)

Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has gathered evidence that a secret meeting in Seychelles just before the inauguration of Donald Trump was an effort to establish a back channel between the incoming administration and the Kremlin — apparently contradicting statements made to lawmakers by one of its participants, according to people familiar with the matter.

In January 2017, Erik Prince, the founder of the private security company Blackwater, met with a Russian official close to Russian President Vladi­mir Putin and later described the meeting to congressional investigators as a chance encounter that was not a planned discussion of U.S.-Russia relations. Continue reading “Mueller gathers evidence that 2017 Seychelles meeting was effort to establish back channel to Kremlin”

Businessman with ties to United Arab Emirates is cooperating with Mueller probe

The following article by Devlin Barrett, Sari Horwitz and Rosalind S. Helderman was posted on the Washington Post website March 7, 2018:

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A Lebanese American businessman who has acted as an adviser to the United Arab Emirates has been cooperating with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, after he was hit with a subpoena upon arriving in the United States in mid-January, according to people familiar with the matter.

The businessman, George Nader, was served with a grand jury subpoena shortly after landing at Dulles International Airport, these people said. Investigators are interested in Nader’s role at a January 2017 meeting in the Seychelles between Erik Prince, a supporter of President Trump, and a Russian official close to President Vladi­mir Putin, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters. Continue reading “Businessman with ties to United Arab Emirates is cooperating with Mueller probe”