NYT: Blackwater Founder Prince Recruited Ex-MI6 Spy to Run Honeytrap Op to Root Out Trump Enemies
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According to the report, based on interviews and documents, allies of Donald Trump were prepared to go the extra mile to home-in on representatives of the “deep state” inside the government ostensibly working to undercut the then-President.
A British former spy had been recruited by Donald Trump allies to set up a “honeytrap” operation to use pretty women to target alleged critics of the then-president, according to a report in
The
New York Times.
The potential covert agents, who would be given code names like Brazil and Tiger reminiscent of spy fiction, were handpicked at a Wyoming ranch owned by the family of Erik Prince, former US Navy SEAL officer and founder of the private military company Blackwat
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The work against FBI staffers was orchestrated by Project Veritas, a conservative organization, and carried out from a $10,000-a-month rental home in Washingtonâs Georgetown neighborhood, the paper reported. Project Veritas has long used sting operations against Democratic politicians, advocacy groups, and media outlets.
At this luxe home, âfemale undercover operativesâ scheduled dates with FBI employees, hoping to surreptitiously record them making derogatory statements about Trump. They used fake dating app profiles to attract FBI members, the paper said.
Female activists who worked at this house had âProject Veritas code namesâ, such as âTigerâ and âBrazilâ. Those residing at this house were instructed not to receive postal mail addressed to their legal names. If they used a ride-share app to get home, the driver had to stop before arriving there, to make sure no one saw where they really lived, the New York Times said.
Some well-known right-wing extremists got together to run sting operations against “Deep State” members perceived as insufficiently loyal to Donald Trump.