DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR, and our guest is Adam Goldman. Mr. Seddon launched his privately funded spying effort after leaving Project Veritas in 2018. In fact, I wrote a memo about what I had found. 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. And I think the end goal was make a video and, if necessary, try to get the White House to fire McMaster. I believe he was involved in an effort to battle pirates in Somalia. And they thought McMaster had fired, you know, several people who the president had brought on and - or Mike Flynn, his former - his first national security adviser had brought on. During the 2018 meeting with Ms. Gore, according to one person familiar with it, Mr. He's been reporting on an effort by conservatives to train operatives in undercover operations to infiltrate progressive groups and Democrats. Tell us about them. And we've written about that. But then January 6 happened, you know, the insurrection. 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. But the effort is a glimpse of a vigorous private campaign to try to undermine political groups or individuals perceived to be in opposition to Mr. Trumps agenda. And as part of this effort, Richard Seddon was brought on to handle training and really professionalize Project Veritas' undercover operations. McMaster. Prince declined to comment. The life of Erik Prince has been a complicated globe-trotting journey complete with extensive mercenary activities, spying on American citizens, brokering arms deals with despotic regimes and essentially taking advantage of any situation he can in order to line his personal pockets. 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. And he was pitching that plan, but it never got anywhere. 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. As the founder of Blackwater USA, now Academi, a private military company, Prince headed the organization. Of course. 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. Ms. Jorge was eventually exposed and kicked out of the campaign office. Ledeen said "someone she trusted" contacted her to help with the McMaster operation. DAVIES: And when we say they targeted these public officials or FBI agents, what would they do? DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR. 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.. He was leading training. 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. (SOUNDBITE OF BRUNO COULAIS' "SPINK AND FORCIBLE"). Mr. Seddon directed an undercover operative to secretly tape the unions local leaders and try to gather information that could be made public to damage the organization, documents show. If Judge Johnson concludes he lacks jurisdiction to hear the case in Wyoming, Princes attorneys say the suit should be transferred to the Southern District of New York, where The Intercept is based. That's a strawman campaign donation. DAVIES: So an active player in the Trump world. GOLDMAN: I don't know if misrepresenting yourself to - and getting a job at a Democratic organization is a crime. One February 2019 report said that a new undercover will be joining the team and tasked with targeting Mr. Harshman. 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.. You know, and each time, you know, money is wired in furtherance of that crime, you know, that's also - that could be a possible count of mail fraud. This espionage operation was aimed at perceived enemies of Trump and included a planned sting operation against former national security adviser H.R. document.write (" Dental Assistant Jobs Abroad,
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