NYT Obtains Correspondence Between Trump Fundraiser And UAE Adviser Cooperating With Mueller

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The New York Times obtained correspondence between George Nader, an adviser to the United Arab Emirates who met with Trump aides during the transition, and Elliott Broidy, the Republican National Committee’s deputy finance director and a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump.

In a story based on the correspondence published Wednesday evening, the New York Times detailed how Nader and Broidy worked to influence the Trump White House by advocating for the firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and pushing the interests of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Nader is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, as the New York Times first reported earlier in March. Mueller is looking at whether Nader funneled money from the UAE to the Trump campaign, per the New York Times. Nader met with a Russian fund manager and Erik Prince, the Blackwater founder and an informal Trump campaign adviser, according to the New York Times. Mueller’s team is also looking at a December 2016 meeting between Nader, UAE officials, and Trump associates, according to CNN.

Read the New York Times’ full report here.

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  1. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    This is outrageous and treasonous. Basically, Kushner would have us start a war with Qatar -a country where we have a huge military base - because they wouldn’t give him money and the Emirates and Saudis will. It’s foreign policy for sale to the highest bidder, exactly as many of us feared.

    And, on top of that, Kushner allegedly gave the Saudi crown prince the names of his enemies that Kushner had obtained from the PDB. Many of those people were subsequently tortured and jailed. No wonder the crown prince bragged that he has Kushner in his pocket.

    Thank goodness Mueller’s on top of this.

  2. Trump’s gonna have to knock down Mueller so fast and hard he’ll cry.

  3. Didn’t Nader flee the country?

  4. Avatar for grack grack says:

    Emails. It’s always the emails. Lock her up!

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