His contributions to the 2022 Whitney Biennial, on view through Sept. 5 three fanciful portraits of Erik Prince, the financier and founder of the private security firm Blackwater depict a. This includes participating in marches or rallies in support of a movement or giving money to, or raising money for, any political candidate or election cause. WASHINGTON A British former spy recruited by Erik Prince, the security contractor close to the Trump administration, played a central role in a secretive effort to hire dozens . He was the one who replaced Michael Flynn after he was fired. if( width > 480 ){ Set some context for us here. Erik Prince, founder of the private security firm Blackwater, filed a defamation lawsuit against The Intercept last month over an article published in 2020 that examined his efforts to sell. Was he primarily the guy who got this thing moving? And this is FRESH AIR. Not saying this is the case with Mr. O'Keefe, but it's sort of hard to fundraise that way if you're only doing one thing a year or if it's - you know, there are long periods of silence between each expose. In apparent response to inquiries from the Tribune about the two companies ties to Wyoming, Princes revised declaration said he misidentified the names of the entities. But what is clear is if Beau and Sofia made these campaign contributions - right? Neither party wants to be infiltrated like this. We'll talk more about his stories on undercover operations by conservatives to infiltrate Democratic and progressive groups after a short break. And they were deeply critical of Trump. Prince has previously been involved in trying to find dirt on Democratic politicians. If you already have a web account, but need to reset it, you can do so by clicking here. Erik Prince, founder of private security contractor Blackwater and brother of former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, recruited a former British spy in 2016 to professionalize the undercover. GOLDMAN: Yes, the Government Accountability Office. GOLDMAN: I don't know if misrepresenting yourself to - and getting a job at a Democratic organization is a crime. People have probably heard of this organization. So O'Keefe's Instagram photo, you know, led people to realize that, you know, Prince had played a role, at least in letting Project Veritas use the ranch for training. GOLDMAN: To my understanding, there was a disagreement in how Project Veritas should be run. And then I started Googling them and doing some research on them. And as the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press summarizes, New York provides absolute protection from forced disclosure of materials received in confidence by a professional journalist, including the identity of a source.. Copyright 2021 NPR. Connor Wroe Southard. Two weeks later, on Oct. 14, Prince submitted a new sworn statement in his defamation case, in which he acknowledged he had not registered to vote in Wyoming in 2017. There was a massacre at a plaza in Iraq. But what we know is there was an arrangement made, and Erik Prince allowed Project Veritas to use his farm to train its operatives. While he has not been actively involved in Wyoming politics specifically, Prince comes from a political family he is the brother of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and is an active political donor. During a meeting in a Las Vegas suburb last April of employees of Ms. Gores organization, the Wyoming Liberty Group, Mr. Seddon pitched a proposal to build a website where other so-called preppers could buy their own supplies and communicate with each other in the event of what he called a Black Swan moment a major terrorist attack, another pandemic or a civil war. Prince might have approached for money for Mr. Seddons venture besides Ms. Gore. Erik Prince, the failson face of privatized war If the face long associated with modern mercenaries were more successful at his business, we might already live in a much more dystopian world. And if they were given money, if the money was distributed by this former spy, Richard Seddon, and they pulled from that pot of money, which was part of that operation, that could also be problematic. Regardless, Princes residency is not the real issue in the case. State records show Moyock Medical Supplies was formed in Wyoming by an associate of Princes on April 15 two days after The Intercept published its article. DAVIES: Let me reintroduce you again. And they targeted - Project Veritas had a whole series. Erik Prince, a political novice and former Navy SEAL who made a fortune in contracting security services to the U.S. Military, said in an interview with Breitbart that he will announce in the coming weeks whether he will challenge Barrasso in the Republican primary. Valued at roughly $12 million by the Park County Assessors Office, the property includes a 17,470-square-foot residence that ranks among the largest in the area; county records show Prince owns a smaller home on an adjoining 10-acre parcel. Prince and former British spy Richard Seddon both did work for the organization. And that was their logo. And it was interesting to hear some of these Wyoming Republicans, you know, thank us for our reporting, you know, being The New York Times, because Trump has, you know, vilified us. Erik Prince, founder of private . DAVIES: Let me reintroduce you again. Erik Prince, founder of the private military firm Blackwater, helped raise money for a political-intelligence operation run by Richard Seddon, a former British spy. In fact, I wrote a memo about what I had found. And then he stays on working for a Project Veritas till roughly June of '18. Last year, the group received a $1 million contribution made through the law firm Alston & Bird, a financial document obtained by The New York Times showed. However, after the Powell Tribune questioned some apparent inaccuracies in his Sept. 16 statement, Prince acknowledged misstating a couple of his connections to the state. And they would find people, and they would go out with them. WASHINGTON Erik Prince, the security contractor with close ties to the Trump administration, has in recent years helped recruit former American and British spies for secretive intelligence-gathering operations that included infiltrating Democratic congressional campaigns, labor organizations and other groups considered hostile to the Trump agenda, according to interviews and documents. The whole thing was completely - was really weird. After Mr. Gordon won a close Republican primary battle against Mr. Friess, the billionaire, in August 2018, Mr. Friess blamed his loss on Democrats switching parties on Election Day to vote for Mr. Gordon. Its among a number of issues and motions that will have to be sorted out before a judge or jury would consider the accuracy of The Intercepts April article. That's how you found them, and that's what raised the question? And so we're all familiar with that, I think, to some extent. As further evidence of his ties to Wyoming and the business he conducts in the state, Princes initial declaration said he owned several operating entities registered to his residence in Wapiti. DAVIES: Right. Erik Prince, the former head of Blackwater Worldwide and the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, has at times served as an informal adviser to Trump administration officials. "He's a very nice man," Prince said of Barrasso in the Breitbart interview. var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999); DAVIES: Let's talk about some of the people who are behind this. GOLDMAN: I was going to say, you know, talking to Republicans, moderate Republicans, I mean, moderate - these guys are pretty conservative, by the way - when we're describing it as moderate Republicans they were targeting. Prince, a contractor close to the Trump administration, contacted veteran spies for operations by Project Veritas, the conservative group known for conducting stings on news organizations and other groups. Adam Goldman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times. Prince a former C.I.A. Despite making multiple comments about Princes ties to Virginia, The Intercepts legal team said its immaterial to their jurisdictional arguments, which center on the publications own lack of ties to Wyoming. DAVIES: Adam Goldman, thank you so much for speaking with us. To continue reading, you will need to either log in to your subscriber account, or purchase a subscription. But they thanked us for bringing, you know, putting some sunlight on this. The Intercept, however, wants the complaint dismissed. Adam Goldman reports on the FBI and national security for the Times and was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for national reporting on Russia's meddling in the presidential election. Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber. For instance, Princes 2014 memoir said he splits his time between homes in Virginia and Abu Dhabi, where he pursues a variety of business ventures.. In the case of the FBI, you know, they were looking for bias to see if somebody - they could get somebody to say something anti-Trump, which, of course, fit the theme at the time because, you know, these infamous text messages between these two FBI officials who had worked on the Russia investigation - the FBI's Russia investigation had come out, right? A spokesman for the firm said that Alston & Bird has never contributed to Project Veritas on its own behalf, nor is it a client of ours. The spokesman declined to say on whose behalf the contribution was made. ADAM GOLDMAN: They went there after making sizable donations to the DNC, the Democratic National Committee - $10,000 each - at the request of a Colorado businessman who was a - he's a fundraiser for the Democrats and basically said, if you make this donation, you can come and hang out in Las Vegas. The documents also show that, beyond Ms. Gore, other prominent Republicans in Wyoming were involved in Mr. Seddons spying operation. Did it help, you know, Project Veritas raise more money? However, the story quoted a former U.S. Treasury official who suggested simply making an offer to assist Wagner might have violated current U.S. sanctions in place against the Russian firm. Mr. Remind us who they are and what they've done. Well, that and - by the way, at some point - I don't know the time period. Last month, Project Veritas made public secretly recorded video of a longtime ABC News correspondent who was critical of the networks political coverage and its emphasis on business considerations over journalism. (Last week, Trump pardoned the four Blackwater guards who were convicted of crimes in connection with the killings in Baghdad.). The financial document also listed the names of others who gave much smaller amounts to Project Veritas last year. He did not respond to follow-up phone messages or an email. And, you know, we wrote the story about the operation targeting McMaster and Georgetown. So Erik Prince, the private security contractor who is an ally and avid supporter of President Trump, connects with Project Veritas, who does these videos, and then they develop this whole different operation. You know, Princes are pretty savvy. Prince a former C.I.A. Of course, everybody's familiar with Watergate, right? There is little publicly available information about the company, but multiple Prince ventures, including Blackwater, have been based out of Moyock, North Carolina. Erik Prince, founder of private security contractor Blackwater and brother of former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, recruited a former British spy in 2016 to professionalize the undercover operatives at Project Veritas, the conservative sting video shop run by James O'Keefe, The New York Times reports, citing documents and people involved in the subsequent operations to discredit perceived "deep state" enemies of former President Donald Trump inside the U.S. government. If he enters the race, he would be challenging Republican incumbent John Barrasso in the 2018 primaries, with the encouragement of Steve Bannon. DAVIES: Right. Fast-forward to 2007, and Erik Prince was living in McLean, Virginia, and spending time on his Middleburg property, Blackwater Ranch, designed as a family retreat just as his parent's home in Cody had been originally. How Times reporters cover politics. Months later, in June 2019, a report said we are expecting a big haul, including new lines of intelligence on the Republican side of the house.. DAVIES: That's a really fascinating example of the power of, you know, database reporting now because you knew they were doing the thing in Georgetown, but their campaign contributions in Wyoming have to be publicly reported. Prince, saying he lied about the circumstances of his meeting with a Russian banker in the Seychelles in January 2017. However, lawyers for the publication say they should not have to reveal who told them about Princes alleged meeting with Wagner Group or where they were told it occurred. Now, you mentioned Project Veritas. She said the support she got from other teams was 'overwhelming. The Powell Tribune was unable to learn Princes voter history from 2002 and 2017. And so, you know, I can't tell you right now it hasn't, that somebody else isn't doing this. Friday crash claims lives of Powell sisters, Powell resident now leads open lands organization, Authorities say they caught Cody man selling meth, Game and Fish plan set for aquatic invasive species threat, 128 South Bent StreetPowell, WY 82435 You know, in this recent story that you wrote with Mark Mazzetti of the Times, you introduce us to a couple. They used a code name LibertyU for their operative inside the organization, Marisa Jorge, who graduated from Liberty University in Virginia, one of the nations largest Christian colleges. A local farmer was utilizing the land to grow corn and soybean crops, but the potential for the ranch was far from being realized. DAVIES: Right. contractor who is best known as the founder of the private military firm Blackwater and whose sister, Betsy DeVos, was Mr. Trump's education secretary has drawn. It seems like the Democrats have figured out this party switch deal to their advantage, Mr. Friess wrote in an email obtained by Wyofile, a political news site in Wyoming. The campaign discovered the operative and fired her. James OKeefe, the head of Project Veritas, last year at a White House social media summit. The New York Times broke the news of Princes potential run on Oct. 8, 2017, saying hed recently traveled to Wyoming to explore ways to establish residency there., The following day, Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow asked Prince whether the Times report was real or fake news, mentioning, Im not 100% positive on your connection to Wyoming.. And they start trying to make inroads in the Wyoming Democratic Party. Funneling money surreptitiously to campaigns through other donors known as straw man donations would violate federal campaign finance laws. So what exactly was the plan to (laughter) catch McMaster saying something he shouldn't? 'https://powellbanners.creativecirclemedia.com/www/delivery/ajs.php':'http://powellbanners.creativecirclemedia.com/www/delivery/ajs.php'); Female undercover operatives tried to entrap FBI agents, sometimes using fake dating app profiles, and State Department employees, the Times reports. And, you know, these were - they were not really long-term operations. DAVIES: He was at a meeting in the Seychelles, the islands in the Indian Ocean, January of 2017. Mr. And in the end, you know, O'Keefe would release them and, you know, make a big deal out of them. Last week, our guest, reporter Adam Goldman, co-authored a story about a couple who ingratiated themselves with Democrats in Wyoming, often making substantial political contributions to ensure their access to valuable information. Let me reintroduce you. Presented with the details of the operation, Ledeen told the Times she was just a messenger, "not part of a plot.". So, you know, this is not something I had ever done as a - you know, this is not something journalists do. [I] was a Wyoming resident for many years,, That same day Oct. 9, 2017 Prince obtained a Wyomings drivers license, which he touted, In early 2017, Prince reportedly welcomed James OKeefe and others from the conservative group Project Veritas, which describes itself as an army of guerrilla journalists. That February, OKeefe tweeted an image of himself taking aim with a silenced handgun amid snowy mountains, saying the team was undergoing intense training from a classified location as we make Project Veritas the next great intelligence agency. The Intercept ultimately, Other outlets, however, have continued writing about the contractor. if (document.mmm_fo) document.write ("&mmm_fo=1"); We'll talk about Project Veritas in a moment. I think Trump pardoned at least one. One celebrated alum: Betsy DeVos's brother, Erik Prince, 49, the swashbuckling military contractor who has come to the serious attention of investigators looking into the Trump team's alleged. They've targeted CNN. DAVIES: Now, one of the more well-known operations - because, well, you reported on this - was an effort to embarrass Trump's national security adviser, H.R. DAVIES: Right. - 500, 1000. Previously, he covered national security for The Washington Post and worked on the investigative team at the Associated Press, where he and his colleagues revealed the New York Police Department's Muslim spying programs. In 2017, Prince invited O'Keefe and Project Veritas employees to his family's Wyoming ranch and arranged for an unnamed former British MI6 officer to provide training for the group, The . One of the former spies, an ex-MI6 officer named Richard Seddon, helped run a 2017 operation to copy files and record conversations in a Michigan office of the American Federation of Teachers, one of the largest teachers unions in the nation. DAVIES: Right. }else{ GOLDMAN: Well, I don't know if he is primarily the guy. But I didn't reveal that I knew Beau and Sofia had lived at that house at the time because we were working - concurrently, we were working on this larger story about them. Mr. - where you have people in your organization who aren't who they say they are, you know, collecting intelligence, if that's what you want to call it. He is married to an American diplomat, Alice Seddon, who is serving in the American consulate in Lagos, Nigeria. 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If you're a print subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. I'm not sure that just because he's a conservative, this is something he wanted to help. WASHINGTON During the summer of 2018, as Richard Seddon, a former British spy, was trying to launch a new venture to use undercover agents to infiltrate progressive groups, Democratic campaigns and other opponents of President Donald J. Trump, he turned for help to a longtime friend and former colleague: Erik Prince, the private military contractor. We rely on our journalists to be independent observers. A former British spy and Republican mega-donor Erik Prince, a founder of the private military contractor Blackwater (now rebranded as "Academi) and brother to former U.S. Education Secretary. Read more about the operation and its cast of characters at The New York Times. GOLDMAN: Well, some people have speculated this was some sort of back channel to Russia because there was a - I believe there was a Russian investment manager there who has ties to Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia. He did not mention the inquiries from the Powell Tribune about his lapsed registration that preceded his vote. The document is dated December 2018 and said that Mr. Talbott was another of the names of corrupt individuals from Marti.. GOLDMAN: Yes, very wealthy and very conservative. GOLDMAN: That's a good question. She was attending, you know, Democratic fundraisers. This espionage operation was aimed at perceived enemies of Trump and included a planned sting operation against former national security adviser H.R. Mr. Seddon wrote that Ms. Jorge copied a great many documents from the file room, and Mr. OKeefe bragged that the group would be able to get a ton more access agents inside the educational establishment.. [CDATA[ Mr. - trying to find, you know, damaging information on, you know, on political rivals, you know, using, you know, private investigative firms. And then Mark Mazzetti, you know, my colleague, who just is an extraordinary journalist, we - you know, we managed to suss out what was going - we think - to a great degree what was going on in Wyoming and these other states. if (document.context) document.write ("&context=" + escape(document.context)); zoneId = 'Array'; It argues the article was not defamatory and the challenged statements would be protected as opinion based on disclosed facts., The dispute over jurisdiction could have a direct impact on the case. You'd have to ask Mr. O'Keefe. GOLDMAN: Yes. GOLDMAN: You know, individuals - we're not exactly sure who was behind this effort - but it's clear that they believe that, you know, H.R. DAVIES: That's an airport in Cody, Wyo. Oct. 21, 2020. Mr. Seddons role in the teachers union operation detailed in internal Project Veritas emails that have emerged from the discovery process of a court battle between the group and the union has not previously been reported, nor has Mr. Princes role in recruiting Mr. Seddon for the groups activities. But (laughter) this seemed to be the training out in Wyoming. if (document.referrer) document.write ("&referer=" + escape(document.referrer)); Mr. Princes role in the effort, which has not been previously disclosed, sheds further light on how a group of ultraconservative Republicans employed spycraft to try to manipulate the American political landscape. There was a billionaire in - well, a very - I don't know if he was a billionaire. Blackwater founder Erik Prince used the rise of Donald Trump to stage an unlikely comeback that apparently included funding spy training for far-right propagandist James O'Keefe and his Project. Other Project Veritas employees on the emails include Joe Halderman, an award-winning former television producer who in 2010 pleaded guilty to trying to extort $2 million from the comedian David Letterman. As education secretary, Ms. DeVos has been a vocal critic of teachers unions, saying in 2018 that they have a stranglehold over politicians at the federal and state levels. But, you know, O'Keefe brags on the Instagram photo that they're going to be the world's best intelligence agency - I believe that's what it says - not the world's best journalists. Although he owns a home in Wapiti, Prince is not generally known as a Wyoming businessman. The documents give new details about efforts to manipulate the politics of Wyoming. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. And I certainly don't think he thought he was going to get dragged into this. They make significant political contributions, right? So what I'm saying is from Richard Seddon's standpoint, the fact that she had a picture up on Project Veritas Exposed, that was a real risk they were taking, right? Prince said he wanted the Project Veritas employees to learn skills like how to recruit sources and how to conduct clandestine recordings, among other surveillance techniques. And Beau eventually divorced his wife. Mr. And so I was able to piece that together. I believed that to be true at the time that I signed my declaration, Prince wrote, but I have since come to learn that I was mistaken.. Is he actually providing those kinds of services? Funneling contributions through a third party is a feature of the federal election code and most state election codes. But I don't know how close they are. And they will get, you know, negative information from public records. There was a meeting at lunch which led to a resignation, I believe, of GOLDMAN: They targeted our editor, Dean Baquet. Mr. Halderman was copied on several messages providing updates about the Michigan operation, and in one message, he gave instructions to Ms. Jorge. The Times previously reported that, in 2016 and 2017, Mr. Blackwater Worldwide founder Erik Prince is considering a Republican primary challenge to Wyoming Senator John Barrasso, a senior member of the Senate GOP leadership team, in a race that could pit the party's establishment against insurgents inspired by allies of President Donald Trump. According to its latest publicly available tax filing, Project Veritas received $8.6 million in contributions and grants in 2018. Erik Prince conducts business around the globe, but in a pending lawsuit, he says he does the bulk of his work from Wyoming. One February 2019 report said that a new undercover will be joining the team and tasked with targeting Mr. Harshman. (SOUNDBITE OF FRANK ZAPPA'S "EAT THAT QUESTION"). But before the parties get to the lawsuits merits, The Intercept is contending, among other arguments, that Wyoming is not the right place for the case to be heard. But "one of the most brazen operations of the campaign" was an attempt to take down H.R. Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Thomas were on the list. I knew something was off immediately. What did they show? They targeted somebody from the Justice Department, and I wrote they also targeted FBI employees. GOLDMAN: Yeah. Do we know why? Sofia makes a contribution - a small contribution to a woman she had befriended who ran, unsuccessfully, for the Wyoming state legislature. By Derek Royden - July 2, 2021 2466 SOURCE NationofChange Erik Prince, Betsy DeVos's brother, is also deeply steeped in far-right militancy. Remind us who he is. At the time, Ms. Spanberger was running to unseat a sitting Republican congressman in a race both parties considered important for control of the House. This item is available in full to subscribers. Mr. If you are a current print subscriber, you can set up a free web account by clicking here. O'Keefe did not respond to the substance of the Times' report but did accuse the newspaper of running a "smear piece" on Project Veritas. Erik Prince doesn't live in the state, he's from the same party as the incumbent, Sen. John Barrasso, and he's best known for founding a private security firm, Blackwater, that was kicked out of . - and, you know, that probably in terms of, you know, Iran - not pulling out of the agreement with Iran, the JCPOA, and, you know, McMaster, you know, wanting to keep, I guess, troops in Afghanistan. Their names are Beau Maier and Sofia LaRocca, and they're in Las Vegas for a Democratic primary debate. Along with gathering intel, Maier and LaRocca sought to bait individuals associated with Better Wyoming into making statements they could secretly record and hand over to their clients. He's, you know, the private military contractor. 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