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Mueller’s team has been looking into John Hannah, a former Cheney adviser who worked on Trump’s transition team, regarding interactions with Lebanese-American businessman George Nader and Joel Zamel, who started PSY Group.  thebea.st/2zWV1Im?source…

In October, New York fined Mashreqbank, UAE's largest bank, over lax money-laundering safeguards
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Mashreq offers a solitaire credit card golf program which includes benefits at Trump International Golf Club – Dubai mashreqbank.com/uae/en/images/…

Dubai’s Mashreq applied for a Saudi banking license in June gulfbusiness.com/dubais-mashreq…

In 2009, The Algosaibis, a powerful Saudi family that claimed to be the victim of fraud, launched an attack on Mashreq by telling a New York judge that it colluded with Maan Al Sanea, the boss of the Saad Group, and enabled him to embezzle $9.2B telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsby…

In 2011, Trump's UAE business partner, Habib Sajwani, was convicted in absentia for bribing Egypt's ex-tourism minister in exchange for an unusually low price on government owned property. reuters.com/article/uk-egy…

While Donald Trump publicly derided Qatar, he privately lobbied Qatar to end its spat with Saudi Arabia. The Trump Organization & Kushner Companies both began seeking money from Qatar. It was reported in May that Qatar bought its 4th Trump Tower apartment. theguardian.com/us-news/2018/m…

At the same time, in May, it was reported that Kushner Companies was finalizing a financing deal with a Qatar-backed Company nytimes.com/2018/05/17/nyr…

Saudi Arabia is currently defying U.S. calls to mend ties with Qatar despite signs that pressure to end another regional crisis reuters.com/article/us-sau…

Joshua Kushner met with Qatari finance minister Ali Sharif Al Emadi, following a meeting his father, Charles Kushner, arranged with the government financier back in April 2017 news.crunchbase.com/news/joshua-ku…

At least three members of Trump’s 2016 campaign staff reached out to social media manipulation and intelligence-gathering firm Psy Group, now under scrutiny from Mueller thebea.st/2RlbwFz

al-Rumaihi gets diplomatic immunity in Ice Cube's basketball lawsuit
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Mueller's "Russia investigation" is set to go global. In court filings due to drop in 2019, prosecutors will unveil Middle Eastern countries' attempts to influence U.S. politics thebea.st/2EsOLNe

Feds Eye Imaad Zuberi, Financier With Alleged Ties to Cohen, Nunes, and Qatar thedailybeast.com/feds-eye-imaad… via @thedailybeast

Zuberi reportedly donated more than $1.1 million in the three months following Trump’s election to committees associated with the president and the GOP. In the process, he gained access to dinners celebrating Trump’s inauguration thehill.com/homenews/admin…

A Zurich, Switzerland-based financial services group known as Salix Services AG has come under scrutiny by the Special Counsel’s Office for its connection to Psy Group thedailybeast.com/swiss-mystery-…

Qatari stake in Rosneft paves way for global energy deals: Doha envoy
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Donald Trump is meeting with U.S. energy industry leaders to discuss issues including the possibility of providing Saudi Arabia with a path to nuclear power, a lobbying effort by Michael Flynn and Tom Barrack
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