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”