Trump’s former adviser George Nader found Guilty to Multiple Sex Crimes

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A key witness in former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and former adviser of the presidential transition team of Donald Trump, George Nader has found guilty to multiple sex crimes. 60-years old Nader is the Middle East specialist and has close relations with leaders of the United Arab Emirates. He admitted during a court hearing on Monday about carrying child pornography and bringing an underage boy to the United States for commercial sex. Specific videos displaying the sexual abuse of toddlers were found on Nader’s phone in January 2018. The FBI agents examined the devices as part of their probe into Russian election meddling.

The prosecutors specified Nader as a lifelong pedophile. He also served Trump as an informal foreign policy adviser during his transition to the presidency. His testimony in the Russian investigation attributed to undermining previous claims regarding a meeting between a supporter of Trump and a Russian banker linked to Vladimir Putin. His name appeared at least 100 times throughout the special counsel’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Point to be noted that Nader’s sentencing hearing has been scheduled for April 2020. CNN reported in June 2018 that he has been held in jail since a judge suggested he was too dangerous to be released on bail.

The U.S Justice Department has recommended Nader receive 10 years in prison. It is the primary minimum sentence available in cases involving child pornography charges. Nader pleaded guilty to bringing a 14-year-old child into the country in 2000 from the Czech Republic. On Monday, additional charges against him over transporting child pornography were dismissed in court. He also formerly found guilty of child pornography charges in 1991. He was also convicted of sexually abusing minors in 10 different cases in the Czech Republic and served a one-year prison sentence in 2003. Nader said his plea deal preserves his right to appeal the latest conviction against him.