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Blackwater’s Erik Prince tells ⁦@mehdirhasan⁩ his Aug 2016 Trump Tower meeting [which he didn't disclose to Congress] with Don Jr, George Nader, and Joel Zamel was about Iran policy, despite testifying he had "no official role" in Trump campaign.
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The moment Erik Prince knows he's been caught in multiple lies by the amazing @mehdirhasan.

First, Prince said he wasn’t asked about the Aug 2016 Trump Tower meeting; then he said he told Congress about it; then he said the transcript was wrong.
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Per @rgoodlaw, Don Jr lied to Congress about the same Aug 2016 Trump Tower meeting. Which raises the question, what are Erik Prince and Don Jr hiding? Mueller likely already knows the answer since meeting attendees Nader and Zamel are cooperating.
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https://twitter.com/rgoodlaw/status/1104203307533373442

The audience openly laughing in Erik Prince's face as @mehdirhasan nails him on one lie after another was immensely satisfying.

https://twitter.com/ladyhaja/status/1104171306407337984

Aug 3, 2016: Joel Zamel & George Nader [who Erik Prince has known since their Blackwater days and introduced to Don Jr as "an old friend with deep ties to Arab leaders"] were at a Manhattan hotel when Prince called and summoned them to Trump Tower.
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/997894772374286336

DEC 2016: Kushner, FLYNN & Bannon met w/ MBZ in NY, after which Erik Prince met w/ MBZ as a Trump transition representative & asked MBZ to set a meeting for them w/ the head of RDIF, [an arm of Russia's VEB Bank whose CEO met w/ Jared in DEC 2016].
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/971554684531027968

The "plan" to get Trump elected that Joel Zamel pitched Don Jr in the Aug 3, 2016 Trump Tower meeting set up by Erik Prince echoed real election interference already underway by the Kremlin and the scenario Zamel's Wikistrat had gamed out in 2015.
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1090632099118358528

Zamel's 2015 Cyber Mercenaries scenario [pitched to Don Jr in Aug 2016] – which noted Russia’s Internet Research Agency – was written after the Kremlin-backed IRA had begun its US election interference, but before the American public knew about it.
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/1090642470956949504

Aug 2016: In a meeting set up by Erik Prince, George Nader & Psy Group's Joel Zamel pitched Don Jr & other Trump campaign officials a cyber manipulation plan to get Trump elected, offering services similar to Mercer & Bannon's Cambridge Analytica.
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/997902813006090240

Dec 2016: After the Don Jr/Erik Prince Trump Tower meeting, Joel Zamel's Psy Group formed a strategic partnership with Mercer & Bannon's Cambridge Analytica, suggesting the 2 companies had established a line of communication BEFORE the election.
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https://twitter.com/dcpoll/status/999073777089695744