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applegrove

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Fri Mar 8, 2019, 09:25 PM Mar 2019

Another Trumpster Goes Down As Erik Prince Gets Busted For Lying To The House Intel Committee

Another Trumpster Goes Down As Erik Prince Gets Busted For Lying To House Intel Committee

JASON Easley at Politicus USA

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/03/08/erik-prince-lies-congress.html

"SNIP....

During an interview with Al Jazeera English, Erik Prince got busted for lying to the House Intelligence Committee about a meeting he attended with the Trumps at Trump Tower in August 2016.

Prince told the House Intelligence Committee that he had no contact with the campaign during the 2016 campaign, but that wasn’t true.

He tried to deny that he ever told the House Intelligence Committee that he had no contact with the Trumps during the campaign, but it turns out that he was at a meeting on August 3, 2016, with Don Jr., Stephen Miller, and others.

Prince’s reaction when confronted with this meeting and his lie was to deny everything, including what is in the House Intelligence Committee transcript:

....SNIP"

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Another Trumpster Goes Down As Erik Prince Gets Busted For Lying To The House Intel Committee (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2019 OP
K&R UTUSN Mar 2019 #1
K&R 2naSalit Mar 2019 #2
K & R Stuart G Mar 2019 #3
From the article: SHRED Mar 2019 #4
Well, maybe not... if he "cooperates". WheelWalker Mar 2019 #5
August 3 - the day after the cigar store meeting Fiendish Thingy Mar 2019 #6
Yessss! smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #7
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