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Before George Nader became a witness for the sweeping Russia investigation, he’d spent decades working as a shady power broker who flitted between the US and the Middle East. But Nader — who was indicted Monday on child pornography charges —didn’t truly catch American investigators’ attention until he tried to ingratiate himself into President Donald Trump’s orbit.