comments █ █ █Grand Jury█ █ █ █ █ █ were insulting Grand Jury█ █ █ █ 1081 █ █ Hours after the second meeting, Prince sent two text messages to Bannon 1082 from the Seychelles. As described further below, investigators were unable to obtain the content of these or other messages between Prince and Bannon, and the investigation also did not identify evidence of any further communication between Prince and Dmitriev after their meetings in the Seychelles. iii. Erik Prince’s Meeting with Steve Bannon after the Seychelles Trip After the Seychelles meetings, Prince told Nader that he would inform Bannon about his discussion with Dmitriev and would convey that someone within the Russian power structure was interested in seeking better relations with 1083 the incoming Administration. On January 12, 2017, Prince contacted 1084 Bannon’s personal assistant to set up a meeting for the following week. Several days later, Prince messaged her again asking about Bannon’s 1085 schedule. Prince said that he met Bannon at Bannon’s home after returning to the United States in mid-January and briefed him about several topics, including his 1086 meeting with Dmitriev. Prince told the Office that he explained to Bannon that Dmitriev was the head of a Russian sovereign wealth fund and was 1087 interested in improving relations between the United States and Russia. Prince had on his cellphone a screenshot of Dmitriev’s Wikipedia page dated January 16, 2017, and Prince told the Office that he likely showed that image to 1088 Bannon. Prince also believed he provided Bannon with Dmitriev’s contact 1089 information. According to Prince, Bannon instructed Prince not to follow up with Dmitriev, and Prince had the impression that the issue was not a priority 1090 for Bannon. Prince related that Bannon did not appear angry, just relatively 1091 uninterested. Bannon, by contrast, told the Office that he never discussed with Prince anything regarding Dmitriev, RDIF, or any meetings with Russian individuals or
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