I hope this has legs and that it tarnishes his version of things, but I feel this issue has been so normalized that people won't care. And the ones that do will dismiss it as political payback of some kind. But it is important for us to know since it pretty well confirms everything we've been preaching about.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/george-nader-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges.html
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In the grand web of the Mueller investigation, Lebanese-American businessman George Nader enters at a key point off the coast of East Africa. An adviser to Emirati crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Nader reportedly brokered a meeting in the Seychelles between a Russian surrogate close to Putin and Blackwater founder Erik Prince, who has denied that he represented the Trump administration in any capacity.
According to Nader’s testimony in the Mueller report, that claim is dubious at best: Prince once told lawmakers he didn’t “fly there to meet any Russian guy,” but Nader told the special counsel he informed Prince that Russia was “looking to build a link with the incoming Trump administration.” The businessman, long considered a liaison between Washington and Middle Eastern officials, was a major source of information for the special counsel: The redacted Mueller report released in April refers to Nader in almost four dozen footnotes.
Nader provided testimony on the alleged attempt to establish a back channel between Trump and Moscow in exchange for immunity on any related charges. But on Monday, Nader was arrested on child-pornography charges in New York when he arrived at JFK airport. Justice Department officials state that Nader was originally charged in January 2018, when he arrived in Washington, D.C., from Dubai with a phone containing pictures of minors engaging in sexual conduct.
An affidavit unsealed on Monday asserts that a search warrant approved for a “matter unrelated to child pornography” allowed federal agents to search items on Nader. Upon his arrival in D.C. in January 2018, the FBI interviewed him on “a matter unrelated to child pornography,” after which Nader was told of the warrant. Three of his phones were seized, and an agent found “multiple files” of child pornography, at which point a second search warrant was issued to search for similar files. According to the affidavit, 12 sexually explicit videos of minors were found on Nader’s phones. If convicted, the 60-year-old faces a minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum of 40 years.
This is not a new legal issue for Nader: The businessman has faced charges of child pornography or underage sexual abuse every decade since the 1980s. In 1991, he served a six-month sentence after pleading guilty to the same charge after he flew from Germany to D.C. with two sexually explicit videotapes of 13- or 14-year-old boys. In 1985, he faced a similar charge for importing from the Netherlands magazines with depictions of naked children, a charge that was dismissed after a judge ruled the search warrant for Nader’s home was invalid. In 2003, he was convicted in the Czech Republic of sexually abusing 10 boys between 1999 and 2002, for which he served one year in prison.
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think- ago
OMG - this made my day. I hope he will rot in prison.
He also spent time in jail in Czechia for sexually exploiting underage boys.
He paid an (Israeli IIRC) company for launching a social media campaign to support Trump during the election campaign.
Until he got arrested now, he was employed by Trump supporter and major GOP donor Erik Prince as a consultant. Who knew perfectly well that he was convicted for child rape.
But Nader also once worked for Bill Clinton, and he is on the famous pool pic with him.
theooeht ago
True.
But as the second link shows, he was a crucial guy to have around. If he could arrange a meeting on a yacht proposing a new coalition, he might have been hired for other reasons than being a scumbag. I'm not saying pedos should be hired, but there were no outstanding charges and he was a key figure in communicating with Middle Eastern leaders. It's why I'm reserving judgement on why he was around and/or hired until more details emerge about what else Erick Prince was doing and what his motives were.
Thanks.
think- ago
Yep, that's the excuse people always come up with when they try to defend why someone employs pedos.
You could justfiy with the same excuse that the Dems were connected to Tony Podesta.
When you're a decent person, you just don't give money and jobs to convicted pedo.
Not the only pedo Prince seems to have employed btw.
He also teamed up with DynCorp.
theooeht ago
Podesta is a different case. There's a huge difference between ''hiring'' someone, and ''partying'' with this person.
That's the line of demarcation for me. There are and will continue to be not-so-nice guys hired to perform tasks, but the question is do they fraternize with them.
think- ago
OMG. So employing convicted pedos is ok, you just don't go for a drink after work?
I feel sick.
Hiring them is fraternizing with them. They need to be ousted, not employed. Especially not by people like Erik Prince who (rightly) called out HRC and her pedo crimes.
smh in disbelief
I had no idea we had pedo enablers among us. That's just disgusting.
theooeht ago
It's not good to label people. Just sayin'.
I was pointing out a distinction between the example you gave. That's all.
think- ago
No, you were defending the hiring of pedos.
theooeht ago
I accept your apology that was never given.
think- ago
....it will never be given, I'm afraid. Have a nice day.
theooeht ago
You as well.