Proof of Conspiracy: How Trump's International Collusion Is Threatening American Democracy

by Seth Abramson

Smith does receive direct assistance in his efforts from Trump adviser Erik Prince, however, as Prince “provide[s] funding to hire a tech adviser to ascertain the authenticity of … emails” Barbara Ledeen brings to Smith’s attention in September 2016.106 Prince’s expert determines that the emails are fakes, but this does not deter Prince from falsely telling an interviewer from Steve Bannon’s Breitbart media outlet two months later that local law enforcement in New York City has found “those 650,000 emails” from Clinton’s email server, and that the emails contain, per Prince’s false account, “State Department emails … [and] a lot of other really damning criminal information, including money laundering, including the fact that Hillary went to this sex island with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein … [and] Bill Clinton went there more than 20 times … [while] Hillary Clinton went there at least six times. The amount of garbage that they found in these emails, of criminal activity by Hillary, by her immediate circle, and even by other Democratic members of Congress was so disgusting they gave it to the FBI and they said, ‘We’re going to go public with this if you don’t reopen the investigation and you don’t do the right thing with timely indictments.’”