Report: Mueller Has Evidence Seychelles Meeting Was to Set Up Russian Back-Channel

Special counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly gathered evidence that a January 2017 meeting in the Seychelles between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a top Russian official was part of a bid to create a back-channel between the Trump administration and the Kremlin. According to The Washington Post, Prince had told congressional investigators the meeting was not set up in advance, but his account was contradicted by “a witness cooperating with Mueller.” The meeting took place just before Donald Trump was inaugurated as president.