Posted on 06/01/2018 8:24:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - A close friend of Jared Kushner has come under scrutiny by Special Counsel Robert Mueller for his proximity to some key meetings between Trump associates and foreign officials, according to five people familiar with the matter.
Richard Gerson, a hedge-fund manager in New York, was in the Seychelles in January 2017, less than two weeks before President Donald Trump's inauguration and around the time Trump associate Erik Prince secretly met with Russian and United Arab Emirates officials, including Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, four of the people said.
While in the remote Indian Ocean island nation, Gerson met with Prince Mohammed - also known by his initials as MBZ - and communicated with a Lebanese-American businessman with close ties to the UAE, George Nader, who had organized the Erik Prince meeting, according to text messages Gerson sent at the time and a person familiar with the meeting.
Mueller's interest in Gerson is another sign that he is examining connections between the UAE and Trump associates. Counterintelligence investigators have been scrutinizing UAE influence in the Trump campaign since before Mueller was appointed as special counsel, and the probe has continued in coordination with Mueller's team, according to two people briefed on the investigation.
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If you’re in the same room with a Russian, you’re a target.
Has nothing to do with Russia.
That’s how Mueller is spending $17 million up the wazoo.
Anyone who dared work only in the private sector and not for the public sector industrial complex will soon be “under scrutiny” from unelected Mueller.
Eventually they’ll work they way to people who had once smiled pleasantly to anyone connected to the Trump campaign. Scorched Earth.
Dumb me. I never knew the UAE was part of Russia.
Or an Arab.
Oh wait... since when did Arabs meddle in our election to help elect Trump?
Not even Brennan and Clapper have made that claim.
“That’s how Mueller is spending $17 million up the wazoo.”
Thanks Jeff. An outrage a day thanks to this prickless wonder.
How in the hell did Mueller escape Nuremburg?
Guilty by association. A friend of your friend had a Russian name and traveled to a country by Russia.....
Mueller must be majorly miserable in his real life. Or does he have a real life?
This BS has to stop. They are not investigating any known crime, only a vague idea that someone “colluded” with foreigners. Meanwhile Hillary colluded with Russia, MI6 and the dirty Brits, Palestinians, and every foreigner waving cash.
All ignored.
Meanwhile, not a single sliver of curiosity about the 100 plus million donated to the Clinton Foundation by Russians associated with the Uranium 1 deal.
No curiosity about Kerry’s son and his friends.
Trump MUST demand a level playing field and have a list of these things. For EVERY single news story like this where the SC goes far afield he should ORDER an investigation from his list. The President can order an investigation of anything and ask for a report to be delivered to him.
This is the best way to fight back.... period. As long as this is allowed to continue and there is no response in kind there is no justice.
A friend of his son-in-law is now an associate of Trump?? I suppose Papadopolous was his chief of staff too.
See 14
It is the only way to make this stop. Fight back and let the chips fall where they will.
Then there’s the psychotic belief, still held by some, that Mueller is *really* working for Trump. It’s too deranged even to address/rebut. It makes the Flat Earth Society look like MENSA.
These weren’t Russian.
Jeff Sessions has been AG for 1 year, 3 months, 23 days.
Pretty soon, they are going to accuse Trump or his associates of putting Russian dressing on their salads.
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