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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBetsy Woodruff: Erik Prince in the Seychelles details
Revealed: What Erik Prince and Moscows Money Man Discussed in That Infamous Seychelles Meeting
"Joint U.S.-Russian raids to kill top terrorists. Teamwork between an American government agency and a sanctioned Russian fund. Moscow pouring money into the Midwest.
These are just a few of the ideas the head of a Russian sovereign wealth fund touched on during his meeting with former Blackwater head Erik Prince in the Seychelles, just weeks before President Donald Trumps inauguration, according to a memo exclusively reviewed by The Daily Beast.
The meeting between Prince, an influential Trump ally, and Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the sanctioned fund, took place on Jan. 11, 2017, at the Four Seasons Hotel in a bar overlooking the Indian Ocean. George Nader, a Lebanese-American businessman who advises the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates, was also present...."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/revealed-what-erik-prince-and-moscows-money-man-discussed-in-that-infamous-seychelles-meeting?ref=home
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Betsy Woodruff: Erik Prince in the Seychelles details (Original Post)
SleeplessinSoCal
Sep 2018
OP
Or use military resources to find them, then take credit for what comes after.
Blue_true
Sep 2018
#5
"Pouring money into the Midwest"? Is he talking campaign cash in US Midwest or mistake for Mideast?
Midnight Writer
Sep 2018
#3
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)1. Prince wants to replace our military
with hired barbarian, thugs. Roman history on a repeat cycle.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)5. Or use military resources to find them, then take credit for what comes after.
How can truly dedicated military people support Trump? He is screwing them in every origice.
unc70
(6,095 posts)2. Related to the stuff Seth has been pushing
Midnight Writer
(21,548 posts)3. "Pouring money into the Midwest"? Is he talking campaign cash in US Midwest or mistake for Mideast?
SleeplessinSoCal
(8,998 posts)6. Our midwest.
Its in the article.
kentuck
(110,950 posts)4. Before Trump was sworn into office ?
Would that be illegal ?