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💰Nader - Broidy UAE & Qatar
Schemes to buy influence in US foreign policy & legislate US sanctions against Qatar a US ally for monetary consideration
Schemes to buy influence in US foreign policy & legislate US sanctions against Qatar a US ally for monetary consideration
April 2, 2017 George Nader, wired $2.5M to Trump fundraiser, Elliott Broidy.
Nader paid the money to Broidy to bankroll an effort to persuade the U.S. to take a hard line against Qatar, a long-time American ally but now a bitter adversary of the UAE.
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Nader paid the money to Broidy to bankroll an effort to persuade the U.S. to take a hard line against Qatar, a long-time American ally but now a bitter adversary of the UAE.
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The money was wired to Broidy through a company in Canada in April 2017.
A month after (May 2017) Nader received the money, Broidy sponsored a conference on Qatar's alleged ties to Islamic extremism.
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A month after (May 2017) Nader received the money, Broidy sponsored a conference on Qatar's alleged ties to Islamic extremism.
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During the event, Republican Congressman Ed Royce of California, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced he was introducing legislation that would brand Qatar as a terrorist-supporting state.
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The sanctions bill was approved by Royce's committee in late 2017.
It remains alive in the House of Representatives, awaiting a review by the House Financial Services Committee (as of Mar 2018)
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It remains alive in the House of Representatives, awaiting a review by the House Financial Services Committee (as of Mar 2018)
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💰Qatar Blockade Timeline
In July 2017, two months after Royce introduced the bill, Broidy gave the California congressman $5,400 in campaign gifts — the maximum allowed by law.
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🔑The donations were part of just under $600,000 that Broidy has given to GOP members of Congress and Republican political committees since he began the push for the legislation to sanction Qatar.
📌Source of money? #1MDB?🤔
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📌Source of money? #1MDB?🤔
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📌Note: there are strict restrictions on foreign donations for political activity.
📌Source of Broidy’s donations? UAE?
Agents of foreign gov’ts are also required to register before lobbying so that there is a public record of foreign influence. #FARA
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📌Source of Broidy’s donations? UAE?
Agents of foreign gov’ts are also required to register before lobbying so that there is a public record of foreign influence. #FARA
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📌October 6, 2017: Broidy emails Nader “a summary of Broidy’s talks with Kushner and Trump in the White House” on the UAE’s behalf. Broidy talks to Trump about secretary of state Rex Tillerson,
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🔑At the time of the advocacy work, Broidy’s company, Circinus, did not have business with the UAE, but was awarded a more than $200 million contract in January.
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📌Tillerson had criticized the Gulf state campaign against Qatar, Broidy told Trump that “Rex was performing poorly & should be relieved but only at a good time, politically.” (Tillerson was fired in March 2018.)
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🔑December 2, 2017: Broidy meets with Trump to again discuss the UAE-Saudi case against Qatar.
🔑Several days later, Broidy’s intelligence firm Circinus is awarded a $600 million contract with the UAE, the AP reports.
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🔑Several days later, Broidy’s intelligence firm Circinus is awarded a $600 million contract with the UAE, the AP reports.
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🔑January 17, 2018: Broidy tells Nader he received the first installment of $36 million from UAE
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🔑How Elliott Broidy, a top Trump fundraiser spent a year cultivating two crown princes to nail $1 billion in business
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Qatari Blockade
🔑The embargo was introduced by four countries - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates - who accused gas-rich Qatar of supporting terrorism, a charge it strongly denied
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🔑The embargo was introduced by four countries - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates - who accused gas-rich Qatar of supporting terrorism, a charge it strongly denied
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"The Qataris had a two-fold battle to fight," says Michael Stephens, Middle East research fellow at London's Royal United Services Institute.
"One was to convince world opinion that they weren't these horrid terrorist-supporting Bin Laden types.
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"One was to convince world opinion that they weren't these horrid terrorist-supporting Bin Laden types.
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"And the other was to show that the economy was robust, that it was a good place to invest, and that the Qataris were creating conditions that will make it easier for foreign direct investment to thrive."
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💰Qatar Blockade & Kush’s 666 bailout.
📌Broidy tells Nader he received the first installment of $36 million from UAE
💰Beltway Bandit - Elliott Broidy💰
💰1MDB - Elliot Broidy💰
💰1MDB & UAE💰
