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I've always said Erik Prince is a villain of historic proportions—and will end up being a top Mueller target and key to Trump and his campaign's pre-election crimes. Today we took another significant step toward that end.

My big December thread on Prince: threadreaderapp.com/thread/9388181…
2/ More threads on Prince (given today's news that—as I said at the time—he lied to Congress about having no involvement in the Trump campaign, and indeed tried to orchestrate pre-election crimes):

1. threadreaderapp.com/thread/9415281…
2. threadreaderapp.com/thread/9364151…
3. threadreaderapp.com/thread/9687750…
3/ That Prince sought to orchestrate a domestic disinformation campaign for Trump pre-election confirms that—as I first said in December 2016—Prince indeed coordinated with the Trump campaign in spreading *this* domestic disinformation 4 days pre-election: breitbart.com/radio/2016/11/…
4/ Never forget—Trump invited Prince to his election-night party, then made Prince's sister (DeVos) Secretary of Education despite her being unqualified for the position. Trump was paying off Prince for services rendered *and yet to be rendered*—i.e. the Seychelles (January '17).
5/ The meeting Prince set up involving himself, UAE/Saudi Arabia rep Nader, and a domestic disinfo outfit was held 2 weeks after Trump got the GOP nom and 1 week after Trump publicly asked Russia for help.

Nader repped a nation (UAE) whose royal family had close ties to Russia.
6/ That Mueller already has George Nader in his pocket says to me that Erik Prince's goose is cooked whenever Mueller wants it—as it seems clear from the New York Times story that Prince was *at an absolute minimum* the mastermind of a conspiracy to violate federal election laws.
7/ All this happened in just 2 weeks:

July 21, 2016: Trump receives the Republican nomination for president.
July 27, 2016: Trump publicly asks Russia for help.
August 3, 2016: Trump's son has a secret meeting with an emissary from UAE royals engaged in secret deals with Russia.
8/ Never forget that Trump's top NatSec man, Sessions, secretly met with the Russian ambassador on September 8, 2016; lied about it to Congress; and ultimately admitted discussing sanctions with him.

No other Armed Services Committee senator met with Russia's ambassador in 2016.
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1/ First, here's the NBC News report from Pete Williams—a talented journalist. (What he's not—as far as I know—is an attorney or an expert on the Trump-Russia probe, and, like many journalists, has been using dubious sources to get info on Mueller's work.) nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
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Per CNN reporting just now, William Barr before today told the White House that he would be bringing in his own Deputy Attorney General if confirmed, so the news that Rosenstein will step down if Barr if confirmed should not have led to *any* of the hysteria it seems like it has.
2/ Rosenstein previously said he'd serve two years—so his departure around now isn't surprising anyway, and (in fact) will make it easier for him to coordinate with Mueller as a witness rather than a supervisor. Too many people are reading way too much into his pending departure.
3/ I'll go further: Rosenstein is friendly with Barr, used to work with him, and recommended him for the Attorney General spot—all of which indicates that his comfort level with Barr taking over the Mueller probe has *nothing* to do with an assessment of when that probe will end.
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*ONE WEEK IN 2016*

July 27, 2016: Trump asks for Kremlin help
August 2, 2016: Manafort meets Deripaska agent Kilimnik in NYC
August 3, 2016: Trump Jr. meets Deripaska agent Zamel in NYC

NOTE: Deripaska calls himself "one with the State [Kremlin]."

(h/t @ZevShalev/@TheAtlantic)
@ZevShalev @TheAtlantic *ANOTHER WEEK IN 2016*

August 17, 2016: CIA tells Trump Kremlin is attacking US
August 19, 2016: Trump fires Manafort

NOTE: In January 2018, NBC reports Trump is privately telling friends Mueller can't get him *because* Manafort won't "flip" (he already knew Trump Jr. wouldn't)
@ZevShalev @TheAtlantic 3/ A reasonable conclusion: after he and Flynn left the room the CIA briefed them in on August 17, 2016, Trump realized that it was entirely possible Manafort's contacts with the Russians had been picked up by American intelligence, and he could therefore no longer work with him.
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