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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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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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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📌Source of money? #1MDB?🤔
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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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🔑Several days later, Broidy’s intelligence firm Circinus is awarded a $600 million contract with the UAE, the AP reports.
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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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"One was to convince world opinion that they weren't these horrid terrorist-supporting Bin Laden types.
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