Mueller Has Evidence Of Secret Trump-Russia Backchannel Meeting: Report

Mueller is closing in on Trump.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has evidence of a secret meeting to intended to establish a back-channel communication line between the Trump Administration and Moscow.

According to the report, the secret meeting between the founder of a private security company and a Russian official took place in the Seychelles last year.

The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a cooperating witness that has told investigators that the meeting was set up with the intention of setting up a Russia backchannel.

The report, if true, also contradicts the Congressional testimony of Erik Prince, the founder of the security contractor Blackwater, who said there was no pre-planned agenda for the meeting.

Prince testified that close Putin ally Kirill Dmitriev’s presence in the secret meeting happened by chance.

However, according to the new report by the Washington Post, George Nader, has testified before a grand jury that the meeting was pre-planned and took place shortly after Trump’s inauguration.

George Nader, who is now a cooperating witness in the Mueller investigation, is an adviser to the ruler of the United Arab Emirates. And Mueller is also investigating whether U.A.E helped funnel money into the Trump campaign.

Read the full Washington Post here.

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