the house intelligence committee. committee democrats want george nader to testify as well. he s reportedly cooperating with the special counsel investigation about this meeting because he played a role setting it up i. eric prince told them that it happened by chance. he also emphasized he was trying to build a relationship with the president at that time and did not have any kind of special access. the meeting goes to the heart of unmasking controversy. that s the identification of american citizens in foreign intelligence reporting. fox news can confirm that former national security advisor susan rice unmasked participants. she testified she unmasked a december 2016 trump tower meeting. than includes the president s son, the crown prince of the united arab emirates and others. the county prince is an
that this meeting was part of an effort to establish a back channel to russia, that the meeting that eric prince had with the russian banker was not happenstance. it s at odds with what we heard in the testimony before the house intelligence committee. committee democrats want george nader to testify. he s reportedly cooperating with the special counsel investigation. nader played a role setting up the january meeting in the seychelles. eric prince said the meeting with the russian businessman happened by chance and at the suggestion of the united air arab emirates and did not have a xi jinping to create a back channel with the russians. this goes to the heart of the unmasking controversy. this is the unmasking of american citizens. susan rice unmasked participants in the seychelles meeting and rice also testified that she unmasked a december 2016 trump
but this truly is a family affair. reporter: and ivanka trump s office is a sure sign that she ll be a central part of the trump white house. of course the trump children have always had a seat at their father s table at the trump tower. appears that will continue when he moves to the white house. donald trump has made clear his sons will oversee the old family business wheel he s in the white house. but they are also playing a key role setting up the new family business. helping select the trump cabinet. i think it is going to be one of the great cabinets ever, ever, ever. reporter: the latest example, the interior. donald trump jr. interviewed candidated and cnn learned persuaded his father to tap ryan zinke, a montana congressman and former navy seal as interior secretary. a position trump s oldest child once eyed for himself. now that that this has become very real with the presidency.
they will continue to run the family business while mr. trump is president-elect. all other presidents in the modern era have put their assets in a blind trust. trump is not planning on doing that. he s keeping his family business his family business and his kids are going to keep operating it bhil he is president. we learned that simultaneously on friday along with the news that those same trump kids will also be brought on board in a formal role setting up the trump administration as part of the transition effort. so they are going to be running the trump family business and they are helping set up the trump administration with formal roles on the transition team. nbc news has confirmed as well tonight that in addition to all of that, in addition to them running the business and helping set up the administration on the transition team, donald trump has already requested top secret security clearances for all of
on friday along with the news that those same trump kids will also be brought on board in a formal role setting up the trump administration as part of the transition effort. so they are going to be running the trump family business and they are helping set up the trump administration with formal roles on the transition team. nbc news has confirmed as well tonight that in addition to all of that, in addition to them running the business and helping set up the administration on the transition team, donald trump has already requested top secret security clearances for all of his children. did i mention that they are still running the trump family business? nbc news now reports that mr. trump has requested top secret security clearances for his three eldest children. if the obama administration and the intelligence community decides to grant those clearances, that would allow