Showing posts with label Democrats say Trump associate may have misled House panel over Seychelles meeting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Democrats say Trump associate may have misled House panel over Seychelles meeting. Show all posts

Friday, March 9, 2018


By CNN, Mar. 07, 2018

(CNN) - The founder of the security firm Blackwater did not mention to the House Intelligence Committee last year that a Lebanese-American businessman had attended a meeting in the Seychelles islands, a trip that has come under intense scrutiny in the Russia investigation, according to a review of the transcript.

In testimony last November before the panel, Erik Prince was questioned extensively about the January 2017 Seychelles meeting and whether it was an attempt to set up secret communications between the Trump administration and Russia. As Prince furiously denied that was the case, he also did not reveal that George Nader -- a Lebanese-American businessman and Middle East specialist with ties to the Trump team -- also attended at least one meeting there, raising fresh questions among Democrats about whether Prince misled the panel when testifying under oath.