Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

tblue37

(64,980 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 04:18 PM Oct 2019

House will make criminal referral on Erik Prince:

Adam Schiff says House to make criminal referral on Blackwater founder Erik Prince


House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff says the panel will be moving to make a criminal referral for former Blackwater security firm founder Erik Prince to the Justice Department for allegedly misleading the committee and making false statements. Schiff, speaking at an event at the Washington Post on Tuesday, said there was "very strong evidence" that Prince "willingly" did so.

Prince, now the head of the Hong Kong-based company Frontier Services Group, has ties to President Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon and is the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

After reading special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report, Schiff said that "the evidence is so weighty that the Justice Department needs to consider this." Schiff said Prince's testimony on his dealings with the Trump campaign, particularly a meeting he took in the Seychelles with a Russian banker close to President Vladimir Putin just nine days before Mr. Trump's inauguration, has proven to be overwhelming false.

"This meeting in the Seychelles with this Russian banker was purely by chance, he just happened to be there and his hosts suggested, he just happened to go to the Seychelles for about a day and have a chance meeting with this Russian banker," Schiff said to a crowd of laughs. That chance encounter was reportedly part of a larger effort to establish a back-channel line of communication between Moscow and the incoming president.

snip


https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/adam-schiff-says-house-to-make-criminal-referral-to-justice-on-blackwater-founder-erik-prince/?__twitter_impression=true
30 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
House will make criminal referral on Erik Prince: (Original Post) tblue37 Oct 2019 OP
Good oswaldactedalone Oct 2019 #1
How Barr responds will be interesting Sanity Claws Oct 2019 #2
Barr AND Trump gratuitous Oct 2019 #6
Oh, come on. We already know how Barr will respond. Texin Oct 2019 #11
He's gonna "land the plane" again. NCLefty Oct 2019 #30
Makes you wonder how Barr is holding up shanti Oct 2019 #22
My suspicion? ChazInAz Oct 2019 #25
Off to the greatest page malaise Oct 2019 #3
Thanks. nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #5
Barr won't even open it before dismissing it. NightWatcher Oct 2019 #4
This is from April. I wonder if anything came of it? nt babylonsister Oct 2019 #7
I guess that shows what Barr's DoJ did with it. FoxNewsSucks Oct 2019 #10
You're on the right track. triron Oct 2019 #18
I never liked this prince guy. pwb Oct 2019 #8
Make my day pecosbob Oct 2019 #9
Isn't Betsy DeVos originally a Prince, too? STRONG family resemblance. n/t TygrBright Oct 2019 #12
Yes, she is his sister. nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #16
It's about fucking time. GoCubsGo Oct 2019 #13
Overdue. But glad 2016 misconduct still is an open issue. And I bet that all the 2016 stuff, the wiggs Oct 2019 #14
Barr will squash it. nt yaesu Oct 2019 #15
Sister Betsy can provide a private education curriculum for Erik in his private prison. Hassler Oct 2019 #17
This is from April? herding cats Oct 2019 #19
I guess so. It was retweeted by Seth Abramson today, and he is usually very up to date. He tblue37 Oct 2019 #20
I'm sure it's in a file marked "Not on Barr's Watch" herding cats Oct 2019 #21
At long last karma! Karadeniz Oct 2019 #23
Book him, Dano! cp Oct 2019 #24
April 30, 2019 story... klook Oct 2019 #26
This is a big one. Doubt if it was forgotten. Pols tend to have an acute sense of timing. empedocles Oct 2019 #27
Huck Fis ass up and throw away the key! ffr Oct 2019 #28
K&R UTUSN Oct 2019 #29

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
30. He's gonna "land the plane" again.
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 02:29 AM
Oct 2019

Or maybe not, since it's not Trump or an elected Republican and he can only land so many planes before the public catches on.

shanti

(21,670 posts)
22. Makes you wonder how Barr is holding up
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 06:00 PM
Oct 2019

under all of this stress, and he's not a young man. How are all these geezers doing it??

wiggs

(7,788 posts)
14. Overdue. But glad 2016 misconduct still is an open issue. And I bet that all the 2016 stuff, the
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:37 PM
Oct 2019

Mueller report, Steele dossier, Flynn criminality...all that is viewed in a different light now that the Ukraine and Turkey debacles are coming to light and are current.

It's clear to many now that lying, corruption, treachery, and self-dealing are part of Trump's MO...and they may more easily accept that it has happened before.

tblue37

(64,980 posts)
20. I guess so. It was retweeted by Seth Abramson today, and he is usually very up to date. He
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:58 PM
Oct 2019

must have missed the article's date, and then I did, too.

Still, I was unaware of this happening in April, so I hope it hasn't since been shut down by Barr's compromised DOJ.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
27. This is a big one. Doubt if it was forgotten. Pols tend to have an acute sense of timing.
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 07:02 PM
Oct 2019

Suspect it will come out again, this time with other 'complementary' matters.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»House will make criminal ...