George Nader, an American adviser to the government of the United Arab Emirates, convicted sex offender, and frequent visitor to the White House during President Donald Trump's first year in office, has pleaded guilty for his role in helping the UAE pump millions of dollars in illegal campaign contributions into the U.S. political system during the 2016 presidential election, according to documents submitted in federal court last month.
Federal prosecutors disclosed in a December sentencing memo that Nader had agreed months earlier to plead guilty to a single count of felony conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government by funneling millions in donations to Hillary Clinton's campaign and concealing the funds' foreign origin.
The government's memo notes that Nader and Los Angeles businessperson Ahmad "Andy" Khawaja also sought to cultivate "Key figures" in the Trump campaign and that Khawaja donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee.
Prosecutors have alleged that Nader took his instructions from the UAE crown prince and that he regularly updated MBZ on his progress as he sought to get close to Clinton.
At one point, Khawaja complained that Nader and the UAE had not yet sent money to cover the costs of a Clinton fundraiser he was organizing.
Nader texted that he would send note "As per HH instruction," using an abbreviation of "His highness," an apparent reference to MBZ. A few days later, Nader was preparing to meet with both Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton and asked an Emirati official, almost certainly MBZ, if they could meet before he departed.
Nader advised the Gulf monarchs to "Be on good terms" with both Clinton and Trump in the runup to the 2016 vote, he told the FBI. After Trump won the presidency but before he was inaugurated, Nader unsuccessfully sought to arrange a meeting between Trump and MBZ, according to FBI interview notes.
https://theintercept.com/2022/01/16/uae-2016-election-trump-clinton-george-nader/
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