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Home Front: Politix
Mueller's Focus on Lindbergh Baby Adviser to U.A.E. Indicates Broader Inquiry
2018-03-04
[NYT] WASHINGTON ‐ George Nader, a Lebanese-American businessman, has hovered on the fringes of international diplomacy for three decades. He was a back-channel negotiator with Syria during the Clinton administration, reinvented himself as an adviser to the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates, and last year was a frequent visitor to President Trump’s White House.

Mr. Nader is now a focus of the investigation by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel. In recent weeks, Mr. Mueller’s investigators have questioned Mr. Nader and have pressed witnesses for information about any possible attempts by the Emiratis to buy political influence by directing money to support Mr. Trump during the presidential campaign, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.

The investigators have also asked about Mr. Nader’s role in White House policymaking, those people said, suggesting that the special counsel investigation has broadened beyond Russian election meddling to include Emirati influence on the Trump administration. The focus on Mr. Nader could also prompt an examination of how money from multiple countries has flowed through and influenced Washington during the Trump era.

How much this line of inquiry is connected to Mr. Mueller’s original task of investigating contacts between Mr. Trump’s campaign and Russia is unclear. The examination of the U.A.E. comes amid a flurry of recent activity by Mr. Mueller.
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  It is abuse of power, plain and simple.
A fishing expedition based on fallacy.
He is a POS
Posted by: newc   2018-03-04 19:55  

#7  It is true the Mueller investigation has been all over the map with scant result other than indicting some Russian nationals for being Internet trolls. But if he can finally determine what happened to Amelia Earhart, then more power to him.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-03-04 16:16  

#6  he is not going to stop

Until he's stopped.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-03-04 13:03  

#5  I think the Mueller probe has now reached the theater of the absurd.

How much further to the fringes of common sense does he have to go before Sessions pulls the plug on this nonsense. He already has his Scooter Libby in Flynn...oops no wait the FBI faked their 302's on their interview...well he has to find someone to prosecute from inside the WH.

When a judge throws out the FISA warrants, Mueller will have nothing to go on. Everything he has running now is poisoned fruit.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-03-04 12:03  

#4  If it takes him until 2025, he is not going to stop.

2025 it is, then. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-03-04 11:47  

#3  Face it, Mueller is going to keep going until he finds something - anything - to pin on Trump. His goal is to remove Trump. If it takes him until 2025, he is not going to stop.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2018-03-04 11:10  

#2  Thrown Spaghetti against the wall alert.
Posted by: Jack Salami   2018-03-04 10:21  

#1  False flag?
Posted by: Blinky Unater1464   2018-03-04 09:53  

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