Prince Acknowledges 2016 Trump Tower Meeting, Says They Talked Iran Policy

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Blackwater security company founder Erik Prince admitted for the first time that he met with members of the Trump campaign in August 2016 in Trump Tower during an interview with Al Jazeera’s Mehdi Hasan.

During his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee last year, Prince failed to disclose information about the meeting, which included Trump campaign officials, an Israeli social media consultant and a diplomatic representative for two Gulf princes. Last May, The New York Times published a report on the meeting, which led some to believe Prince might have perjured himself before Congress.

Speaking to Hasan, Prince didn’t deny that the meeting took place.

“We were there … to talk about Iran policy,” Prince said.

When pressed, Prince maintained he disclosed that information to Congress and suggested, perhaps, the transcript Hasan was reading from was wrong.

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  1. Thanks Ralph.

    The Chuck Todd Stenographers Club never asks Followups
    The GOP pre-2018 Congress didn’t do it either

    There will be Followups in the future

  2. Prince thought it would be an Entertainment Tonight type interview?

    He looks totally gobsmacked that the issue came up, then flounders through a set of transparent lies, each one punctuated by an idiotic grin than that says: “We both know this is bull. Just leave it here, or mercenaries will show up at your door.”

  3. What may save our country in the end is the lucky coincidence Trump’s fellow traitorous conspirators like Erik Prince are really stupid.

  4. A reckoning is Cummings.

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