Erik Prince, the founder of private security company Blackwater, is set to host a fundraiser for Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Dana Tyrone RohrabacherDemocrat Harley Rouda advances in California House primary Lawyers to seek asylum for Assange in France: report Rohrabacher tells Yahoo he discussed pardon with Assange for proof Russia didn't hack DNC email MORE (R-Calif.) at his Virginia home later this month.

CNN reported Thursday that Reps. Tom Garrett Thomas (Tom) Alexander GarrettInternal poll shows neck-and-neck race brewing in Virginia House contest GOP congressman loses primary after officiating gay wedding Virginia GOP to pick House nominee after candidate misses filing deadline MORE Jr. (R-Va.) and Dave Brat (R-Va.) are also expected to attend the fundraiser, as is retired Lt. Colonel Oliver North, a former National Security Council staffer during the Reagan administration who played a role in the Iran-Contra affair. Tickets for the event start at $1,000, and donors giving $2,700 will be invited to VIP event.

Prince and Rohrabacher have been friends for decades. The Blackwater founder worked as an intern for the California Republican in 1990. Rohrabacher also defended Prince when Blackwater, today known as Academi, came under fire after a group of its employees opened fire on Iraqi civilians in 2007, killing 17 and injuring 20.

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But the fundraiser comes as Prince, whose sister is Education Secretary Betsey DeVos, faces new questions about a January 2017 meeting in Seychelles with a Russian official.

Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE, the special counsel who is investigating Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election, has reportedly gathered evidence that the meeting was part of a plan to set up a back channel between the Trump administration and Moscow.

That revelation appears to contradict what Prince has told lawmakers and the press about the meeting, which he has said was not planned and was ultimately of no importance.

Rohrabacher has long been considered one of the most pro-Russia lawmakers in Congress and has drawn scrutiny from both parties over his warm relations with Russia.