Business Insider: The House Intelligence Committee made a criminal referral for Trump adviser Erik Prince to the DOJ
* The House Intelligence Committee formally referred Erik Prince, a former informal adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign, to the Justice Department for criminal investigation on Tuesday.
* House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff asked Attorney General William Barr to investigate whether Prince gave false testimony to the panel in November 2017.
* Schiff said the committee identified at least six categories of "materially false" statements Prince made about two meetings: one that took place in the Seychelles in January 2017, and another that took place at Trump Tower in August 2016.
The House Intelligence Committee formally referred Erik Prince, a businessman and informal adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign, to the Justice Department for a criminal investigation on Tuesday.
Prince is the former head of the military contracting firm Blackwater USA, which is now known as Academi. He is also the brother of Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of Education.
In a letter to Attorney General William Barr, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff asked the department to investigate Prince for giving false testimony to the panel when he appeared for a hearing in November 2017 as part of its investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 US election.
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WNU Editor: This is the beginning of a war between Democrats and Republicans in making criminal referrals to the Justice Department. In the case of the Republicans, they have already hinted that Fusion GPS executives who were involved in the Steele Dossier with the Hillary Clinton campaign will be criminally referred to the Justice Department.
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Adam Schiff lists six categories of 'materially false statements' by Erik Prince in criminal referral -- Washington Examiner
