CNN: Mueller Investigates Ties Between Trump Aides and UAE

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BERMAN: "A new figure emerging in the Russia investigation. The special counsel getting cooperation from a diplomat with ties to United Arab Emirates after stopping him at dulles airport outside Washington in January. CNN’s Shimon prokupecz in Washington has this story.
PROKUPECZ: "George Nader is this guy who basically has connections in political circles here. He’s been doing work for the uae. He’s dons other political work as a foreign policy adviser with ties to Washington, D.C. He has an amendment here in Washington, D.C. He’s been this mystery figure that sort of fell off the face of the planet. No one knew that he was involved in any of this. Just in January he was stopped at dulles airport by the FBI where he was questioned for several hours, handed a search warrant for his electronic devices. He was given a grand jury subpoena to appear before this grand jury that’s been investigating the Trump campaign and Russian influence. We’ve learned he’s been cooperating with the special counsel investigation, providing information to the grand jury on his ties to the uae and two meetings that investigators have long had questions about that occurred during the trump transition. One of them occurred in New York City in December 2016 and involved key trump aides, Steve Bannon, Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn and the crowned prince who flew in secretly without notifying officials. There’s a second meeting that investigators have been looking at which occurred in the Seychelles, a trump supporter and a Russian with ties to Vladimir Putin. The nature of these meetings have long been a concern to the nib and intelligence officials. Nader’s cooperation, certainly a significant step in this investigation, especially with the fact that he’s providing information to the grand jury as Mueller continues to investigate foreign influence on the trump transition and campaign."