Mueller’s Key Witness Was Just Charged with a Serious Crime

By Townhall. One of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s key witnesses, George Nader, on Monday was charged with transporting child pornography last year. Nader is a Lebanese businessman with ties to President Donald Trump’s associates, The Hill reported. He was responsible for brokering “a meeting in the Seychelles between Trump ally and Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian financier.”

Nader was arrested at John F. Kennedy airport on Monday. Following his arrest, the details of his charges were made public.

On January 17, 2018, Nader returned from a trip to Dubai. He flew into Washington, D.C.’s Dulles Airport. He was “voluntarily interviewed by FBI agents regarding a matter unrelated to child pornography,” the court documents said. An anonymous source told the Washington Post investigators were interested in interviewing him as part of the Russia probe.

He was given a search warrant for an unrelated case. The search warrant covered electronics, which included the three iPhones he had on his person. During the search, “the case agent in that other matter uncovered multiple files which appeared to contain child pornography.” (Read more from “Mueller’s Key Witness Was Just Charged with a Serious Crime” HERE)

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Mueller’s Key Witness Was Just Charged with a Serious Crime

By Washington Post. . .Nader played an unusual role as a kind of liaison between Trump supporters, Middle East leaders and Russians interested in making contact with the incoming administration in early 2017.

Officials said Nader, 60, was charged by criminal complaint over material he was traveling with when he arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport on Jan. 17, 2018, from Dubai. At the time, he was carrying a cellphone containing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, officials said. The charges were unsealed after his arrest Monday morning at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

Lawyers for Nader did not return calls seeking comment. At a brief court appearance in New York, Magistrate Judge Cheryl Pollak ordered Nader to remain in custody, pending a further hearing Tuesday.

If convicted, Nader faces a minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 40 years, officials said. (Read more from “Mueller’s Key Witness Was Just Charged with a Serious Crime” HERE)

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