Thread by @kenvogel

SCOOP: The government of the United Arab Emirates paid millions of dollars to GEORGE NADER while he was working with TRUMP fundraiser ELLIOTT BROIDY to (1) shape TRUMP’s Middle East policy & (2) win hundreds of millions of dollars worth of UAE contracts. nytimes.com/2019/08/13/us/…

GEORGE NADER received $5M from the U.A.E. days before a @HudsonInstitute conference he & ELLIOTT BROIDY helped plan & fund to marginalize QATAR.
Nader’s lawyer says the U.A.E. payments were totally unrelated to the conference or other anti-Qatar advocacy. nytimes.com/2019/08/13/us/…

@HudsonInstitute Bank records show GEORGE NADER received another $5M from the U.A.E. in Nov. 2018.
That was months after he began cooperating with MUELLER's inquiry into whether U.A.E. $$$ was funneled into TRUMP’s operation, per @ddknyt @MarkMazzettiNYT & @adamgoldmanNYT.
nytimes.com/2018/03/06/us/…

@HudsonInstitute @ddknyt @MarkMazzettiNYT @adamgoldmanNYT WHY IT MATTERS: Prosecutors are examining the financial connections between ELLIOTT BROIDY, GEORGE NADER & the U.A.E. as they investigate whether Broidy’s anti-Qatar advocacy campaign in Washington may have violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act. nytimes.com/2019/08/13/us/…

@HudsonInstitute @ddknyt @MarkMazzettiNYT @adamgoldmanNYT Among those whose speaking fees were paid by BROIDY as part of his anti-Qatar campaign:
• BOB GATES*: $100k
• STEVE BANNON: $100k
• DAVID PETRAEUS*: $50k
*Gates & Petraeus said they didn’t know Broidy footed the bill, tho their contracts required them to meet privately w/ him.

501c3 NEWS: @AmMediaInst calls itself an “investigative news svc” that is “not in the pocket of any interest group or individual, including our donors.”

* After it got $240k from BROIDY, it communicated with him about stories boosting his foreign clients. nytimes.com/2019/08/13/us/…

@AmMediaInst Angola paid $6M to ELLIOTT BROIDY's security firm.

Broidy secured congressional mtgs & VIP inauguration tickets for an Angolan security official.

Broidy's attys say the 2 things are unrelated.

Here's the Angolan & Broidy at TRUMP's "candlelight dinner."
nytimes.com/2019/08/13/us/…

@AmMediaInst NEW DOCUMENT: The government of the United Arab Emirates (through an entity it controls) paid $24M to ELLIOTT BROIDY’s security company, Circinus.

The payment was made on 3/28/19 — months after it became public that prosecutors were looking into Broidy. documentcloud.org/documents/6279…