Report: Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Questioned By Mueller Investigators

Erik Prince, founder of CEO of Blackwater, listens during a hearing in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, October 2, 2007 in Washington, D.C. (Chuck Kennedy/MCT)
Erik Prince, founder of CEO of Blackwater, listens during a hearing in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, October 2, 2007 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chuck Kenne... Erik Prince, founder of CEO of Blackwater, listens during a hearing in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, October 2, 2007 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chuck Kennedy/MCT/MCT via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Blackwater founder Erik Prince has spoken to investigators on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team, the Daily Beast reported Wednesday, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

A spokesperson for Prince, Marc Cohen, did not confirm or deny the meeting to the publication.

“Erik gave a full and frank public account of events as they concern him to the intelligence committee and he has nothing else to add on this topic,” Cohen said. Prince testified before the House Intelligence Committee in November of last year.

The Daily Beast said it wasn’t clear what Mueller’s team discussed with Prince.

But several outlets have reported in the past on Mueller’s interest in a meeting days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration in the Seychelles between Prince; Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian sovereign investment fund; and, reportedly, George Nader, an adviser to the United Arab Emirates with deep ties in Trump’s circles.

The New York Times reported in March that Mueller’s team had questioned Nader, and Nader has since testified before a grand jury for Mueller’s probe, the Washington Post reported.

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  1. Avatar for mymy mymy says:

    One of the world’s vilest people. Go get 'em.

  2. This mofo is high on my list of people I want to watch get frog-marched to a squad car or into a court room. He deserves nothing short of death, but we’ll hopefully at least be able to make him spend some time in prison.

  3. Also hopefully that goddamn deplorable will take his sister there with him.

  4. Did they use rubber hoses? God, I hope they used rubber hoses.

  5. Anything Erik Prince is involved in includes:

    1. Vast sums of money.
    2. Bad actors.
    3. Illegal activity.
    4. People getting hurt.
    5. And some other stuff.

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