SPUTNIKNEWS - May 20, 2018: Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged foreign meddling in the 2016 US election is now looking into “social media manipulation” by an Israeli-linked company, The New York Times reported.
According to the report published in the New York Times: The special counsel’s team is investigating contacts between Joel Zamel, an Israeli social media expert, and George Nader, a special adviser to the UAE leaders, who purportedly offered to help Donald Trump win the presidential election race.

The Times article suggests that the third person, who served as a mediator, having arranged the meeting between the two, was Erik Prince, the former head of Blackwater, private security contractor.

The alleged meeting took place on August 3, 2016, three months ahead of the presidential election, with Nader telling Donald Trump Jr. that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are willing to assist his father in winning the election, while Zamel exalted his firm’s ability to boost a political campaign.

“There are conflicting accounts of the reason for the payment, but among other things, a company linked to Mr. Zamel provided Mr. Nader with an elaborate presentation about the significance of social media campaigning to Mr. Trump’s victory,” the report read.

“Neither Joel Zamel, nor any of his related entities, had any involvement whatsoever in the U.S. election campaign. The D.O.J. clarified from Day 1 that Joel and his companies have never been a target of the investigation. My client provided full cooperation to the government to assist with their investigation,” said the lawyer, Marc L. Mukasey.

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