Breaking: Qatari Embassy paid a PR firm to land its Prime Minister an interview with Tucker Carlson.
New exposé from @RobertSchmad reveals that Lumen8 Advisors LLC — a registered foreign agent — facilitated the sit-down. The firm rakes in $180,000 per month from Qatar 🧵
New exposé from @RobertSchmad reveals that Lumen8 Advisors LLC — a registered foreign agent — facilitated the sit-down. The firm rakes in $180,000 per month from Qatar 🧵
But that's not all.
According to the official FARA filing, the date that Lumen8 and Tucker agreed to conduct the interview was Feb 26 — over one week before the interview aired.
The stated purpose of the interview suggests the pro-Qatar narrative was set in advance (obviously).
According to the official FARA filing, the date that Lumen8 and Tucker agreed to conduct the interview was Feb 26 — over one week before the interview aired.
The stated purpose of the interview suggests the pro-Qatar narrative was set in advance (obviously).
In other words, Tucker was approached by a PR firm hired by the Qatari Embassy to conduct a glowing interview with their PM.
We may never know if he himself was paid, but the fact is, this wasn’t journalism—it was straight-up PR.
We may never know if he himself was paid, but the fact is, this wasn’t journalism—it was straight-up PR.
In addition to the Tucker findings, the Examiner revealed that between January 1, 2024 and election day, just over 10% of communications sent by Qatari foreign agents to the media were directed to conservative outlets or commentators.
However, since Republicans won control of the White House, the proportion of messages sent by Qatari operatives to conservative outlets and commentators surged to ovwr 50% of their total correspondence with the media, in a clear bid to shore up support among conservatives.
Established outlets like Fox News Digital, Just The News, the New York Post, the Daily Mail, and the Washington Examiner were all targeted to varying degrees by Qatari foreign agents in the months following Trump’s election, records show.
As I wrote on my Subst*ck literally yesterday, conservatives need to beware of the Islamists — especially Qatar — of infiltrating and influencing its ranks.
I just hope we're not too late.
Read the Examiner's exposé here:
washingtonexaminer.com/news/investiga…
I just hope we're not too late.
Read the Examiner's exposé here:
washingtonexaminer.com/news/investiga…
This needs to be enshrined into law like yesterday
https://x.com/EFischberger/status/1924097936121602278?s=19
It looks like Lumen8 Advisors LLC has provided services to both the Government of Qatar and the U.S. Department of Justice.
However, it's still unclear whether those relationships overlapped or took place during the same time period.
However, it's still unclear whether those relationships overlapped or took place during the same time period.
https://x.com/EFischberger/status/1924122966012412364
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