Key Mueller witness arrested on child pornography charges

By Caitlin Yilek

Published June 3, 2019 8:07pm ET

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Key Mueller witness arrested on child pornography charges — This 1998 frame from video provided by C-SPAN shows George Nader, president and editor of Middle East Insight. Nader later cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into foreign meddling in American politics. | (C-SPAN via AP, File)

A key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation was arrested Monday on charges of allegedly transporting child pornography.

George Nader, a Lebanese American businessman who acted as a connection between President Trump’s circle and Russian and Middle East officials in 2016 and 2017, was charged in federal court in Virginia, according to the Justice Department.

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