Mueller Has Evidence Contradicting Erik Prince's Testimony About Russia Meeting

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mueller-has-evidence-contradicting-erik-princes-testimony-about-russia-meeting?ref=home

1. The Plot Thickens
13 minutes ago
Mueller Has Evidence Contradicting Erik Prince's Testimony About Russia Meeting

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has obtained evidence which raises doubts over Erik Prince's testimony about his meeting with a Vladimir Putin confidante, sources have told ABC News. Prince, a prominent Trump supporter and founder of Blackwater, described his meeting with a Russian financier in the Seychelles last year as a chance meeting "over a beer." However, a key witness in the Mueller investigation, businessman George Nader, has reportedly told investigators that he set up the meeting between Prince and Russian sovereign wealth fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev days before Trump was inaugurated. Documents obtained by Mueller suggest that before and after Prince met Nader in New York, a week before the trip to the Seychelles, Nader shared information with Prince about Dmitriev, contradicting Prince's version of events. "I didn't fly there to meet any Russian guy," Prince told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in November, claiming the United Arab Emirates officials he met there unexpectedly introduced him to Dmitriev.

[OnDoutside]

1. Don't just lock him up....

[BlueJac]

2. K&R

[malaise]

3. Oh My! What a surprise

Get thee to the greatest page

[chuckstevens]

4. He should have been in jail already over the Blackwater authorized murders

But hey; like Al Capone going to jail for not paying his taxes, I will take Erik Prince going to jail for anything they can nail him on.

[beachbum bob]

5. did Prince make statements to Mueller investigators? If not, telling fibs to a house committee

not covered under perjury of lying to federal investigators....Now if Prince made same statements to Mueller's team , then we have a "Martha Steward" moment and the guy will serve prison time....and hopefully not be able to have future govt contracts as a convicted felon.

[democratisphere]

7. We don't need hired malitias when we are spending $700 billion on defense

and our own troops do an unbelievable job!

[leftynyc]

8. According to this article

you can go to jail for lying to congress even if you're not under oath

https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/penalty-for-lying-to-congress/index.html

Federal law makes it a crime to "knowingly and willfully" give "materially" false statements to Congress, even if unsworn -- which is not to be confused with the more general crime of perjury for lying under oath.
The consequences for either crime are serious: one can face up to five years in prison.
Like many criminal statutes, however, proving a witness "knowingly" sought to mislead sets a high bar for prosecution -- meaning the omission can't be merely a mistake or accident. And the "materiality" requirement means the false statement has to actually matter -- i.e., a tendency to influence the listener.
While it is rare to see charges filed for lying to Congress, there is precedent.
John M. Poindexter, President Ronald Reagan's national security adviser, was sentenced to prison for lying to Congress about key details of the Iran-Contra affair.

[beachbum bob]

11. a republican congress will do nothing about this...only mueller can if Prince lied to them...

[leftynyc]

16. That's a different argument than what you

saying before - your claim was it wasn't a crime. I was merely pointing out that yes, it is.

[Silver Gaia]

10. If you click "Read it at ABC" below the Daily Beast article,

there's a more complete article (their source) where you'll find this: "'I didn't fly there to meet any Russian guy,' Prince told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in November." So, yeah, no perjury charges. Sadly.

[True Blue American]

13. I thought lying to Congress under

Oath was a punishable crime.

[democratisphere]

6. Best news of the week!

Mueller doing a great job!

[saidsimplesimon]

9. Mercenaries, Murderers for hire

Mr. Mueller has the support of many respected leaders of the formerly Republican Party, now wrapped in Tea Party and other alt right influences.

[kentuck]

12. I have always suspected that Erik Prince had some connection to the server in Trump Tower?

And is much more involved than anyone has suspected up to this point.

There was a suggestion a couple of years ago that he and his mercenaries should take over for American troops in either Syria or Afghanistan and that he could do the job for billions less.

I think he has been in Trump Org for quite some time, even before his meeting in the Seychelles.

He is a much larger player in the financial part of this Russian scandal, in my opinion.

[True Blue American]

14. Prince was a Mercenary

During the Iraq war. Have we forgotten that?

[DeminPennswoods]

15. Lying to Congress is a crime, regardless, but

I'm sure Prince told the same lie to Mueller's team. The precedent has already been set with others charged with and pleading guilty to lying to the FBI/Mueller. VanDerZwann gets to spend a month in jail for doing it, got fired from his law firm and the felony conviction will cost him his law license.

Prince will end up pleading guilty or be convicted of the same charge. That felony conviction means Prince will have to surrender all his precious guns and his business will likely be barred from getting anymore DoD or other gov't business.

[FakeNoose]

17. Ruh-roh!

Major rightwing perpetrator LIED to special investigator. Is anyone surprised at that?
Can anyone name a time when these guys haven't lied?

[Johnny2X2X]

18. This man is pure evil

As someone from West Michigan, I can say for certain, Erik Prince is without a doubt an evil person. His world view is utterly sick.

[Moostache]

19. Stop the winning....I can't take any more winning! (n/t)

[Javaman]

20. at this rate, a special prison needs to be built to house all these assholes. nt

[mountain grammy]

21. K & R

[Volaris]

22. At this point, I'm starting to think

That if these guys had a giant robot this would be an Avengers movie. Theres enough shady shit and dirty players in here to make fuckin Hydra jealous.

[George II]

23. I didn't read the entire article, I hope he was under oath.

[gibraltar72]

24. Prince is kind of a local celebrity

in my area. He went to Hillsdale College where they know what to do with inconvenient women. Also served as a firefighter. He should have been locked up long ago for war crimes. Hope it is now his turn in the barrel.