namely that he had arranged for Dmitriev to meet “a Special Guest” from “the 1051 New Team,” referring to Prince. Nader asked Dmitriev if he could come to 1052 the Seychelles for the meeting on January 12, 2017, and Dmitriev agreed. The following day, Dmitriev sought assurance from Nader that the 1053 Seychelles meeting would be worthwhile. Grand Jury█ █ █ Dmitriev was not enthusiastic about the idea of meeting with Prince, and that Nader assured 1054 him that Prince wielded influence with the incoming Administration. Nader wrote to Dmitriev, “This guy [Prince] is designated by Steve [Bannon] to meet you! I know him and he is very very well connected and trusted by the New 1055 Team. His sister is now a Minister of Education.” According to Nader, Prince had led him to believe that Bannon was aware of Prince’s upcoming meeting with Dmitriev, and Prince acknowledged that it was fair for Nader to 1056 think that Prince would pass information on to the Transition Team. Bannon, however, told the Office that Prince did not tell him in advance about 1057 his meeting with Dmitriev. ii. The Seychelles Meetings Dmitriev arrived with his wife in the Seychelles on January 11, 2017, and checked into the Four Seasons Resort where Crown Prince Mohammed and 1058 1059 Nader were staying. Prince arrived that same day. Prince and Dmitriev 1060 met for the first time that afternoon in Nader’s villa, with Nader present. 1061 The initial meeting lasted approximately 30-45 minutes. 1062 Grand Jury█ █ █ Prince described the eight years of the Obama Administration in negative terms, and stated that he was looking forward to a 1063 new era of cooperation and conflict resolution. According to Prince, he told Dmitriev that Bannon was effective if not conventional, and that Prince provided 1064 policy papers to Bannon. Grand Jury█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ 1065 █ █ █ █ █ █ Grand Jury█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Grand Jury█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █