Aug 3, 2106: In a Trump Tower meeting set up by Erik Prince, Don Jr & other aides met an emissary to Crown Princes MBS & MBZ [Nader] and an Israeli social media manipulation specialist [Joel Zamel] offering help to win election.
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The emissary, George Nader [now cooperating w/ Mueller], told Don Jr that the Saudi & UAE crown princes were eager to help elect Trump. Joel Zamal, who has worked for Deripaska, proposed a covert online manipulation campaign to aide their efforts.
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Erik Prince has known George Nader since their Blackwater days and introduced to him to Don Jr as "an old friend with deep ties to Arab leaders." In the hectic final weeks of the campaign & during the transition, Trump advisers Kushner, Flynn & Bannon also met with Nader.
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Joel Zamal [who did work for Russian oligarchs Deripaska & Rybolovlev, creating online campaigns against their business rivals], pitched a plan to Don Jr which involved thousands of fake social media accounts used to promote Trump.
Zamal has been questioned by Mueller.
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Zamal has been questioned by Mueller.
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ICYMI
And there's this Dec 2016 meeting between MBZ, Kushner, Flynn, & Bannon, followed by a meeting between MBZ & Erik Prince which led to the Jan 2017 Seychelles meeting.
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👆 THREAD: Don Jr & Erik Prince met w Gulf Emissary offering help to win election. @WendySiegelman @Kris_Sacrebleu @3L3V3NTH @sharmila819 @Lazertrade @chrisbrad22 @ZarinaZabrisky @MrJonCryer @TheRynheart @grantstern @PattyArquette @TrickFreee @toshea66 @traciemac_Bmore @emzorbit
Recall: Saudi crown prince MBS boasted that Jared Kushner was in his pocket & had divulged Saudi figures disloyal to him – right before MBS's royal purge: "Saudi figures named in the PDB were among those rounded up; at least 1 reportedly tortured."
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Zamel & Nader [whose Russia ties are of interest to Mueller] were at a Manhattan hotel on Aug 3, 2016 when Nader got a call from Erik Prince summoning them to Trump Tower. When they arrived, top campaign aide [now WH adviser] Stephen Miller was in Don Jr's office as well.
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ICYMI Apr 2, 2018: Mueller has questioned Joel Zamel [who met with Don Jr] re his firm [which did intelligence work for UAE] & his work with Nader. "The ultimate target of this line of inquiry is unknown."
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by @ByronTau @rebeccaballhaus @aviswanatha #Maddow on.wsj.com/2q1O3No
[FYI] Thread on George Nader, who:
-Funneled UAE money to Trump’s political efforts
-Attended Jan 2017 Seychelles mtg w/ MBZ, Erik Prince & Putin envoy Kirill Dmitriev
-Met w/ Kushner & Bannon many times including before Trump's May 2017 Saudi trip
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-Funneled UAE money to Trump’s political efforts
-Attended Jan 2017 Seychelles mtg w/ MBZ, Erik Prince & Putin envoy Kirill Dmitriev
-Met w/ Kushner & Bannon many times including before Trump's May 2017 Saudi trip
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Joel Zamel’s firms, Wikistrat & Psy Group, have drawn Mueller's interest. Psy Group, a rival of Black Cube, offers services such as: “honey traps” & fake social media accounts to influence campaigns.
by @ByronTau @rebeccaballhaus HT @Kris_Sacrebleu #Maddow wsj.com/public/resourc…
by @ByronTau @rebeccaballhaus HT @Kris_Sacrebleu #Maddow wsj.com/public/resourc…
On Aug 2016, Joel Zamel pitched Don Jr a plan to get Trump elected in a meeting arranged by Erik Prince. Zamel's firm, Psy Group, offers services like "honey traps" & social media manipulation to influence campaigns [just like Cambridge Analytica].
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George Nader [who in Aug 2016 offered Don Jr help in electing Trump from UAE & Saudi crown princes] and his lobbying partner Elliott Broidy pitched themselves to the crown princes as a backchannel to the White House.
by @tomlobianco @desmondbutler #Maddow wapo.st/2GFhdIe?tid=ss…
by @tomlobianco @desmondbutler #Maddow wapo.st/2GFhdIe?tid=ss…
